Active laser resonator performance: formation of a specified intensity output

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作者：
Cherezova, TY [1 ]
Chesnokov, SS
Kaptsov, LN
Samarkin, VV
Kudryashov, AV
机构：
[1] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Dept Phys, Moscow 119899, Russia
[2] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Laser & Informat Technol, Adapt Opt Ind & Med Applicat Grp, Shatura 140700, Russia
来源：
APPLIED OPTICS | 2001年 / 40卷 / 33期
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D O I：
10.1364/AO.40.006026
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We discuss the formation of a specified super-Gaussian intensity distribution of a fundamental mode by means of an intracavity controlled mirror, which is a water-cooled bimorph flexible mirror equipped with four controlling electrodes. Analysis has confirmed the possibility to form fourth-, sixth-, and eighth-order super-Gaussian intensity distributions at the output of the stable resonators of industrial cw CO, and YAG:Nd3+ lasers. We present the results of the experimental formation of fourth-order and sixth-order super-Gaussian fundamental modes at the output of a cw CO2 laser by means of an intracavity flexible mirror. We observed an increase in power up to 12% and an enlargement of the peak value of the far-field intensity by as much as 1.6 times that with a Gaussian TEM00 mode of the cw CO2 laser. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.
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页码：6026 / 6033
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