Recent developments in laser resonator design |
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Authors: | V Magni G Valentini S De Silvestri |
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Institution: | (1) Centro di Elettronica Quantistica e Strumentazione Elettronica del CNR, Istituto di Fisica del Politecnico, Piazza L. Da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milan, Italy |
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Abstract: | The problems related to resonators suitable for generation of diffraction-limited beams of high power or energy, and a few of the most significant recent solutions, are reviewed. In particular, this paper is addressed to two promising resonator configurations developed mainly for Nd:YAG (yttrium aluminium garnet) lasers: dynamically stable resonators of minimum misalignment sensitivity for lasers with a strong thermal lensing in the active rod and unstable resonators with variable reflectivity output mirrors of super-Gaussian profile. For both cases experimental data and simple design guidelines are discussed. |
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