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Stabilisation of transverse mode purity in a radially polarised Ho:YAG laser using machine learning

Stabilisation of transverse mode purity in a radially polarised Ho:YAG laser using machine learning
Stabilisation of transverse mode purity in a radially polarised Ho:YAG laser using machine learning
Radially polarised solid-state lasers offer attractive improvements in materials processing applications, but selection and stabilisation of the appropriate radially polarised mode is much more challenging than for the fundamental mode. Here, we demonstrate automated stabilisation of a radially polarised Ho:YAG laser by utilising laser mode analysis computed from a convolutional neural network. The neural network predicts the transverse modal content from single plane intensity images with high accuracy on timescales of a few milliseconds, permitting real-time self-adjustment of the laser cavity. Radially polarised emission has been maintained across a 30 W range of pump power, with the stabilisation of other arbitrary laser modes using the same neural network also demonstrated.
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Jefferson-Brain, Thomas
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Barber, Matthew, James
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Jefferson-Brain, Thomas, Barber, Matthew, James, Coupe, Azaria, Clarkson, W.A. and Shardlow, Peter (2022) Stabilisation of transverse mode purity in a radially polarised Ho:YAG laser using machine learning. Applied Physics B, 128 (110), [110]. (doi:10.1007/s00340-022-07816-9).

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Radially polarised solid-state lasers offer attractive improvements in materials processing applications, but selection and stabilisation of the appropriate radially polarised mode is much more challenging than for the fundamental mode. Here, we demonstrate automated stabilisation of a radially polarised Ho:YAG laser by utilising laser mode analysis computed from a convolutional neural network. The neural network predicts the transverse modal content from single plane intensity images with high accuracy on timescales of a few milliseconds, permitting real-time self-adjustment of the laser cavity. Radially polarised emission has been maintained across a 30 W range of pump power, with the stabilisation of other arbitrary laser modes using the same neural network also demonstrated.

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Accepted/In Press date: 6 April 2022
Published date: 28 May 2022
Additional Information: Funding Information: T. L. Jefferson-Brain acknowledges financial support from EPSRC (1921150). M. J. Barber acknowledges financial support from EPSRC (2115206) and Leonardo UK. Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).

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Local EPrints ID: 457870
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/457870
ISSN: 0946-2171
PURE UUID: 7b308079-b9df-4fab-9214-2628c4172217
ORCID for Thomas Jefferson-Brain: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8838-5640
ORCID for Matthew, James Barber: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9768-6421
ORCID for Peter Shardlow: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-0581

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Date deposited: 21 Jun 2022 18:04
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:27

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Author: Thomas Jefferson-Brain ORCID iD
Author: Matthew, James Barber ORCID iD
Author: Azaria Coupe
Author: W.A. Clarkson
Author: Peter Shardlow ORCID iD

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