Selective oscillation of radially and azimuthally polarized laser beam induced by thermal birefringence and lensing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 708-712

  Ito, Akihiko ^a   Kozawa, Yuichi ^a   Sato, Shunichi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; NEODYMIUM LASERS; POLARIZATION; PUMPING (LASER);

AZIMUTHAL POLARIZATION; AZIMUTHALLY POLARIZED BEAMS; BEAM QUALITY FACTOR; POLARIZATION-SELECTIVITY; POLARIZED LASER BEAMS; SINGLE-TRANSVERSE-MODE OPERATION; THERMAL BIREFRINGENCE; THERMAL LENSING EFFECT;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 65249153060     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000708     Document Type: Article

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