Controlling the handedness of directly excited Laguerre-Gaussian modes in a solid-state laser
Controlling the handedness of directly excited Laguerre-Gaussian modes in a solid-state laser
In this Letter, we report a novel approach for directly exciting the lowest-order Laguerre-Gaussian (LG01) donut mode with controllable handedness of the helical phase front trajectory in an end-pumped solid-state laser. Our approach is based on the use of a novel mode selection element consisting of two nanoscale thickness aluminum stripes to provide discrimination between LG01 modes with opposite handedness. This scheme has been applied to a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser to generate and switch between LG01 modes with opposite handedness at output powers ~1W at 1064 nm.
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Lin, Di
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Daniel, J.M.O.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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25 June 2014
Lin, Di
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Daniel, J.M.O.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Lin, Di, Daniel, J.M.O. and Clarkson, W.A.
(2014)
Controlling the handedness of directly excited Laguerre-Gaussian modes in a solid-state laser.
Optics Letters, 39 (13), .
(doi:10.1364/OL.39.003903).
Abstract
In this Letter, we report a novel approach for directly exciting the lowest-order Laguerre-Gaussian (LG01) donut mode with controllable handedness of the helical phase front trajectory in an end-pumped solid-state laser. Our approach is based on the use of a novel mode selection element consisting of two nanoscale thickness aluminum stripes to provide discrimination between LG01 modes with opposite handedness. This scheme has been applied to a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser to generate and switch between LG01 modes with opposite handedness at output powers ~1W at 1064 nm.
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 May 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 June 2014
Published date: 25 June 2014
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/372185
ISSN: 0146-9592
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