Transverse mode selection in a monolithic microchip laser

Optics Communications

Volumn 284, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5475-5479

  Naidoo, Darryl ^a,b   Godin, Thomas ^c   Fromager, Michael ^c   Cagniot, Emmanuel ^c   Passilly, Nicolas ^d   Forbes, Andrew ^a,b   Aït Ameur, Kamel ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Higher order modes; Microchip laser; Pump shaping; Vortex beam

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL INDEX; CONVERGING LENS; FOCAL PLANE; FOURIER DOMAINS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN MODES; LASER OSCILLATIONS; MICROCHIP LASERS; MODE SELECTION; PUMP INTENSITIES; PUMP LIGHT; RADIAL INDICES; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; TRANSVERSE MODE SELECTION; VORTEX BEAMS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PUMPS; VORTEX FLOW;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 80052918407     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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