Parametric study of a hybrid stable unstable resonator (HSUR) for slab lasers in strongly non-confocal configuration

Antonio Lapucci; Marco Ciofini

doi:10.1117/12.873735

15 November 2010 Parametric study of a hybrid stable unstable resonator (HSUR) for slab lasers in strongly non-confocal configuration

Antonio Lapucci, Marco Ciofini

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Proceedings Volume 7751, XVIII International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers; 775116 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873735
Event: 18th International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High Power Lasers, 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

We present a numerical analysis, modeling the behavior of a Hybrid Stable-Unstable Resonator (HSUR) in strongly non-confocal configurations. The simulation outputs enable us to attest the extracted beam properties observed in our experiments on a Diode Pumped Ceramic Nd:YAG laser equipped with a non-confocal HSUR. Beam structure and propagation factor M² are calculated and compared to the experimental measures. The parametric study of cavity losses and extracted beam properties also demonstrates that out-coupling coefficients compatible with design requirements and good quality extracted beams can be obtained also in this non-canonical cavity setup.

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Antonio Lapucci and Marco Ciofini "Parametric study of a hybrid stable unstable resonator (HSUR) for slab lasers in strongly non-confocal configuration", Proc. SPIE 7751, XVIII International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, 775116 (15 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873735

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