Three-dimensional field structure in open unstable resonators Part I: Passive cavity results
Optics Express, Vol. 4, Issue 10, pp. 388-399 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.4.000388
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Abstract
The three-dimensional field distribution of the diffractive cavity mode structure in a passive, open, unstable resonator is presented as a function of the equivalent Fresnel number of the cavity. The qualitative structure of this intracavity field distribution, including the central intensity core (or oscillator filament), is characterized in terms of the Fresnel zone structure that is defined over the cavity feedback aperture. Previous related research is reviewed.
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(140.3410) Lasers and laser optics : Laser resonators
(140.4780) Lasers and laser optics : Optical resonators
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History
Original Manuscript: March 5, 1999
Published: May 10, 1999
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Kurt Oughstun and Chris Khamnei, "Three-dimensional field structure
in open unstable resonators Part I: Passive cavity results," Opt. Express 4, 388-399 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-4-10-388
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