• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 11, 111404 (2021)
Rui Song1、2、3, Xueting Liu1、2、3, Shiyao Fu1、2、3、*, and Chunqing Gao1、2、3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Imaging Technology and System, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100081, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202119.111404 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Rui Song, Xueting Liu, Shiyao Fu, Chunqing Gao. Simultaneous tailoring of longitudinal and transverse mode inside an Er:YAG laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(11): 111404 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic diagram of the Er:YAG vector ring laser. LD, laser diode; L, lens; M1–M5, mirror; ISO, optical isolator; QP, q-plate. The incident angle at M5 drawn in the figure is much larger than that in the actual experiment for clear.
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the Er:YAG vector ring laser. LD, laser diode; L, lens; M1–M5, mirror; ISO, optical isolator; QP, q-plate. The incident angle at M5 drawn in the figure is much larger than that in the actual experiment for clear.
    Input-output dependences of CVBs with p = 1 and p = 3 in bidirectional operation.
    Fig. 2. Input-output dependences of CVBs with p = 1 and p = 3 in bidirectional operation.
    (a) Doughnut profiles of fundamental Gaussian beams and CVBs with p = 1 and p = 3; (b) intensity distributions after passing through a PBS; (c) observed intensity distributions after passing through a tilted lens.
    Fig. 3. (a) Doughnut profiles of fundamental Gaussian beams and CVBs with p = 1 and p = 3; (b) intensity distributions after passing through a PBS; (c) observed intensity distributions after passing through a tilted lens.
    Input-output dependences of CVBs with p = 1 and p = 3 in unidirectional operation. Inset: input-output dependences of the fundamental Gaussian beam in unidirectional operation.
    Fig. 4. Input-output dependences of CVBs with p = 1 and p = 3 in unidirectional operation. Inset: input-output dependences of the fundamental Gaussian beam in unidirectional operation.
    Doughnut profiles of CVBs with p = 1 and p = 3 in unidirectional operation and the corresponding intensity distributions after passing through an analyzer with different axis angles.
    Fig. 5. Doughnut profiles of CVBs with p = 1 and p = 3 in unidirectional operation and the corresponding intensity distributions after passing through an analyzer with different axis angles.
    Scanning spectra of the output CVB (p = 3) in (a) bidirectional operation and (b) unidirectional operation.
    Fig. 6. Scanning spectra of the output CVB (p = 3) in (a) bidirectional operation and (b) unidirectional operation.
    (a) Schematic diagram for measuring the relative OAM weight of generated beams; (b) the measured OAM weight distribution through the SPP embedded back-converted method.
    Fig. 7. (a) Schematic diagram for measuring the relative OAM weight of generated beams; (b) the measured OAM weight distribution through the SPP embedded back-converted method.
    Rui Song, Xueting Liu, Shiyao Fu, Chunqing Gao. Simultaneous tailoring of longitudinal and transverse mode inside an Er:YAG laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(11): 111404
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