Optimum mode size criterion for low-gain lasers
Applied Optics, Vol. 20, Issue 9, pp. 1579-1583 (1981)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.20.001579
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Abstract
The influence of the geometric relationship between laser pump and mode distributions on the performance of low-gain lasers has been analyzed. By considering cases in which the pump size is varied for a constant mode size and the mode size is varied for a constant pump size, a figure of merit has been defined through which laser performance can be optimized. The analysis shows that for any value of the pump radius Ro, the figure of merit is a maximum when ω, the 1/e radius of the Gaussian resonator mode, is approximately equal to Ro.
© 1981 Optical Society of America
Citation
D. G. Hall, "Optimum mode size criterion for low-gain lasers," Appl. Opt. 20, 1579-1583 (1981)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-20-9-1579
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