Three-dimensional field structure
in open unstable cavities Part II: Active cavity results

doi:10.1364/OE.4.000400

Optics Express

Editor: J. H. Eberly
Vol. 4, Iss. 10 — May. 10, 1999
pp: 400–410

Three-dimensional field structure in open unstable cavities Part II: Active cavity results

Kurt Oughstun and Chris Khamnei »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 4, Issue 10, pp. 400-410 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.4.000400

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Abstract

The three-dimensional field distribution of the diffractive cavity mode structure in an active, open, unstable laser resonator is presented as a function of the equivalent Fresnel number of the cavity. The active cavity mode structures are compared to that of the corresponding passive cavity so that the effects of a spatially extended, homogeneously broadened, saturable gain medium on the cavity field structure may be ascertained. The qualitative structure of this intracavity field distribution, including the central intensity core (or oscillator filament), is explained in terms of the Fresnel zone structure defined over the cavity feedback aperture.

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(140.3410) Lasers and laser optics : Laser resonators
(140.4780) Lasers and laser optics : Optical resonators

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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 cavities Part II: Active cavity results," Opt. Express 4, 400-410 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-4-10-400

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