Production of radially or azimuthally polarized beams in solid-state lasers and the elimination of thermally induced birefringence effects

Optics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 807-809

  Moshe, Inon ^a   Jackel, Steven ^a   Meir, Avi ^a  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BIREFRINGENCE; FOCUSING; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OSCILLATIONS;

RADIALLY POLARIZED BEAMS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0037910361     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.000807     Document Type: Article

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