TY - GEN
T1 - Generation of laguerre-gaussian beams from a hemi-cylindrical cavity
AU - Lu, T. H.
AU - Wu, Y. C.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A novel method for generating high-order Laguerre-Gaussian beams is explored in this work. The astigmatic Gaussian beams are experimentally investigated by a hemi-cylindrical laser cavity. Based on the experimental laser beam profile, the equivalent radius of curvature induced by the thermal lens effect for the hemi-cylindrical cavity can be evaluated. A cylindrical lens is mounted outside the cavity with a rotated angle to provide an astigmatic compensation for the astigmatic Gaussian beam. The lasing beam of astigmatic high-order Hermite-Gaussian mode can be transformed into a high-order Laguerre-Gaussian beam.
AB - A novel method for generating high-order Laguerre-Gaussian beams is explored in this work. The astigmatic Gaussian beams are experimentally investigated by a hemi-cylindrical laser cavity. Based on the experimental laser beam profile, the equivalent radius of curvature induced by the thermal lens effect for the hemi-cylindrical cavity can be evaluated. A cylindrical lens is mounted outside the cavity with a rotated angle to provide an astigmatic compensation for the astigmatic Gaussian beam. The lasing beam of astigmatic high-order Hermite-Gaussian mode can be transformed into a high-order Laguerre-Gaussian beam.
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U2 - 10.1364/fio.2013.jw3a.11
DO - 10.1364/fio.2013.jw3a.11
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85087594001
SN - 9781557529879
T3 - Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
BT - Frontiers in Optics, FIO 2013
PB - Optical Society of America (OSA)
T2 - Frontiers in Optics, FIO 2013
Y2 - 6 October 2013 through 10 October 2013
ER -