TY - GEN
T1 - Generation of a superposition of orthogonally polarized geometric beams from a laser cavity
AU - Lu, T. H.
AU - He, C. H.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1364/fio.2013.fw4f.2
DO - 10.1364/fio.2013.fw4f.2
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85087188803
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 -