Generation of radially and azimuthally polarized beams in Yb:YAG laser with intra-cavity lens and birefringent crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1905-1914

  Thirugnanasambandam, Manasadevi P ^a   Senatsky, Yuri ^b   Ueda, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; YTTERBIUM;

AXIALLY SYMMETRIC; BIREFRINGENT CRYSTALS; DIODE-PUMPED; FOCUS LENS; HIGHER ORDER; INTRACAVITIES; MODE SELECTION; MULTIRING; OFF-AXIS; OUTPUT POWER; POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIO; POLARIZED BEAMS; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS; UNIAXIAL CRYSTAL; YB:YAG LASER;

PUMPING (LASER);

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLID STATE LASER;

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENSES; LIGHT; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 79851491548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001905     Document Type: Article

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