Radial birefringent element and its application to laser resonator design
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 5 (11), 491-493
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.5.000491
Abstract
We have invented a quasi-Gaussian profile-transmittance filter based on radially varying the phase retardation in a birefringent element. The radial birefringent element has been applied to resonator design and has demonstrated its usefulness in generating an improved resonator spatial-mode profile.Keywords
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