Continuous-wave laser oscillation in a Nd:YAG sphere
Optics Letters, Vol. 12, Issue 6, pp. 392-394 (1987)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.12.000392
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Abstract
I report the observation of continuous-wave laser oscillation in a Nd:YAG sphere. The spherical laser is excited by a dye laser that is focused to pump selectively certain regions of the sphere. With careful mode matching, single-frequency oscillation is obtained. The observed emission patterns agree well with the modes predicted by a classical treatment of a spherically symmetric resonator. These modes are described by products of spherical harmonics and Bessel functions, in contrast to the standard Gaussian-beam modes of a linear cavity.
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T. Baer, "Continuous-wave laser oscillation in a Nd:YAG sphere," Opt. Lett. 12, 392-394 (1987)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-12-6-392
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