Results are given for the beam distortion suffered by low order Gaussian-Laguerre modes propagating through a saturable laser amplifier. Both uniform and Bessel small-signal gain distributions are considered. Beam narrowing caused by saturable loss is also treated
We consider the problem of measurement of optical transverse profile parameters and their conjugate...
The amplifying médium of a laser is not homogeneous due to transversal and longitudinal variations o...
We investigate the beam width evolution of astigmatic hollow Gaussian beams propagating in highly no...
The influence of a spatial profile in the gain, which can be caused by saturation of the medium by t...
The dependence of spectral narrowing in lasers on the line-broadening mechanism is investigated incl...
The present paper deals with the interaction of a Gaussian mode with a homogeneous and an inhomogene...
© 1993 The Optical Society of America. We are grateful to A. E. Siegman for proposing the problem tr...
The modes and beam characteristics of a Gaussian gain laser resonator are analyzed. Such a gain is t...
Analyses and experiments have been performed to investigate deflection of a Gaussian beam propagatin...
A simple expression for the beam divergence from a laser oscillating in a high order Gaussian mode c...
The transverse modes of a laser resonator containing a medium with a strong radial gain profile diff...
Lasers can operate in two regimes: continuous-wave mode or pulsed mode. In the simplest case, the fo...
Using semiclassical radiation theory, a formalism similar to that used by Lamb in his "Theory of an ...
We simulate and analyze how beam quality improves while being amplified in edge emitting broad area ...
Flattened Gaussian beams are characterized by a waist profile that passes in a continuous way from a...
We consider the problem of measurement of optical transverse profile parameters and their conjugate...
The amplifying médium of a laser is not homogeneous due to transversal and longitudinal variations o...
We investigate the beam width evolution of astigmatic hollow Gaussian beams propagating in highly no...
The influence of a spatial profile in the gain, which can be caused by saturation of the medium by t...
The dependence of spectral narrowing in lasers on the line-broadening mechanism is investigated incl...
The present paper deals with the interaction of a Gaussian mode with a homogeneous and an inhomogene...
© 1993 The Optical Society of America. We are grateful to A. E. Siegman for proposing the problem tr...
The modes and beam characteristics of a Gaussian gain laser resonator are analyzed. Such a gain is t...
Analyses and experiments have been performed to investigate deflection of a Gaussian beam propagatin...
A simple expression for the beam divergence from a laser oscillating in a high order Gaussian mode c...
The transverse modes of a laser resonator containing a medium with a strong radial gain profile diff...
Lasers can operate in two regimes: continuous-wave mode or pulsed mode. In the simplest case, the fo...
Using semiclassical radiation theory, a formalism similar to that used by Lamb in his "Theory of an ...
We simulate and analyze how beam quality improves while being amplified in edge emitting broad area ...
Flattened Gaussian beams are characterized by a waist profile that passes in a continuous way from a...
We consider the problem of measurement of optical transverse profile parameters and their conjugate...
The amplifying médium of a laser is not homogeneous due to transversal and longitudinal variations o...
We investigate the beam width evolution of astigmatic hollow Gaussian beams propagating in highly no...