Spatial mode control of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser by an intracavity liquid-crystal light valve
Optics Letters, Vol. 26, Issue 24, pp. 1958-1960 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.26.001958
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Abstract
We present a new beam-shaping technique with an intracavity optically addressed liquid-crystal spatial light modulator. The Nd:YAG resonator is able to deliver beams with various spatial profiles such as flat-topped super-Gaussian and square-shaped beams.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3300) Lasers and laser optics : Laser beam shaping
(140.3410) Lasers and laser optics : Laser resonators
(140.3530) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, neodymium
(230.3720) Optical devices : Liquid-crystal devices
(230.6120) Optical devices : Spatial light modulators
Citation
J. Bourderionnet, A. Brignon, J.-P. Huignard, A. Delboulbé, and B. Loiseaux, "Spatial mode control of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser by an intracavity liquid-crystal light valve," Opt. Lett. 26, 1958-1960 (2001)
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