High-peak-power large-angular-momentum beams generated from passively Q-switched geometric modes with astigmatic transformation

Y. F. Chen; C. C. Chang; C. Y. Lee; C. L. Sung; J. C. Tung; K. W. Su; H. C. Liang; W. D. Chen; G. Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000561

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Photonics Research
Vol. 5, Issue 6, 561 (2017)

High-peak-power large-angular-momentum beams generated from passively Q-switched geometric modes with astigmatic transformation

Y. F. Chen^1、*, C. C. Chang¹, C. Y. Lee¹, C. L. Sung¹, J. C. Tung¹, K. W. Su¹, H. C. Liang², W. D. Chen³, and G. Zhang³

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¹Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan

²Institute of Optoelectronic Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan

³Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China

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Y. F. Chen, C. C. Chang, C. Y. Lee, C. L. Sung, J. C. Tung, K. W. Su, H. C. Liang, W. D. Chen, G. Zhang. High-peak-power large-angular-momentum beams generated from passively Q-switched geometric modes with astigmatic transformation[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(6): 561 Copy Citation Text

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Configuration of the concave-flat cavity for implementing the off-axis pumped Nd:YVO4/Cr4+:YAG passively Q-switched lasers in a degenerate resonator.

Fig. 1. Configuration of the concave-flat cavity for implementing the off-axis pumped Nd:YVO4/Cr4+:YAG passively Q-switched lasers in a degenerate resonator.

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Wave patterns |ΨmoM(x,y,z;ϕo)| inside the cavity for the cases of (a) ϕo=0 and (b) ϕo=π/10 with mo=30 and M=5. Right-hand side: transverse patterns of the emitted beams at z=2L.

Fig. 2. Wave patterns |ΨmoM(x,y,z;ϕo)| inside the cavity for the cases of (a) ϕo=0 and (b) ϕo=π/10 with mo=30 and M=5. Right-hand side: transverse patterns of the emitted beams at z=2L.

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Fig. 3. Numerical results for the wave patterns |Ψ˜moM(+)(r,ϕ,z;ϕo)| with a fixed M=2 for three cases of mo=5, 10, and 15. Second row: numerical results for the phase structures.

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Fig. 4. (a) Average output power versus incident pump power for lasing modes excited at Δy=0.48, 0.55, and 0.97 mm. (b) Dependence of the lasing mode on the pump power.

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Fig. 5. (a) Pulse repetition rate versus incident pump power for lasing modes shown in Fig. 4(a). (b) A typical oscilloscope trace.

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Fig. 6. Experimental results (first row), numerical calculations (second row), and numerical phase structures (third row) for the patterns of the converted beams at z=2L for the lasing modes shown in Fig. 4(b) at a pump power of 3.8 W.

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