Abstract
We investigate the geometric beams generated from a c-cut Nd:YVO4 laser. The Nd:YVO4 acts as a birefringence crystal to alter the polarization of geometric beams inside the cavity. Experimental results reveal that a geometric mode possesses linearly polarized state and circularly polarized states in opposite directions at the same time and the superposition of orthogonally polarized geometric beams can be generated systematically by controlling the offaxis magnitude. The numerical results have a good agreement with the experimental results.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Frontiers in Optics, FIO 2013 |
| Publisher | Optical Society of America |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781557529879 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | Frontiers in Optics, FIO 2013 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 2013 Oct 6 → 2013 Oct 10 |
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| Other | Frontiers in Optics, FIO 2013 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Orlando, FL |
| Period | 13/10/6 → 13/10/10 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Instrumentation
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Lu, T. H., & He, C. H. (2013). Generation of a superposition of orthogonally polarized geometric beams from a laser cavity. In Frontiers in Optics, FIO 2013 Optical Society of America.