Binary optical resonator for mode optimization in a high-power laser

Guoping Zhang; Jiaxiong Ye; Xueming Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.253290

30 September 1996 Binary optical resonator for mode optimization in a high-power laser

Guoping Zhang, Jiaxiong Ye, Xueming Zhang

Proceedings Volume 2889, High-Power Lasers: Solid State, Gas, Excimer, and Other Advanced Lasers; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253290
Event: Photonics China '96, 1996, Beijing, China

Abstract

A novel method for mode optimization of a high-power laser is presented in this paper. A binary optical resonator is formed through introducing binary optical technology into a laser resonator. The traditional spherical mirrors are substituted by binary optical mirrors. Diffraction analyses show that this kind of resonator can construct any modes as desired with a strong ability of mode selecting and optimization. For a high-power CO₂ laser, an optimum design of the binary optical resonator is implemented to obtain a fundamental-mode laser output with a uniform intensity distribution.

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Guoping Zhang, Jiaxiong Ye, and Xueming Zhang "Binary optical resonator for mode optimization in a high-power laser", Proc. SPIE 2889, High-Power Lasers: Solid State, Gas, Excimer, and Other Advanced Lasers, (30 September 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253290

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