The formation of laser beams with pure azimuthal or radial polarization

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作者
Oron, R [1 ]
Blit, S
Davidson, N
Friesem, AA
Bomzon, Z
Hasman, E
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[1] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Phys Complex Syst, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel
[2] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Fac Mech Engn, Opt Engn Lab, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
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10.1063/1.1327271
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Laser resonator configurations for obtaining pure azimuthal and radial polarized beams are presented. They involve the coherent summation, inside the laser resonator, of two orthogonally polarized TEM01 modes. Basic principles and experimental results with a Nd:YAG laser are presented. The results include a full space variant polarization measurement and show efficient formation of high-quality azimuthal and radial polarized beams. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)01347-4].
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