Sponsor
Work supported in part by the National Science Foundation.
Published In
Journal of the Optical Society of America
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1973
Subjects
Lasers -- Resonators -- Applications, Lasers -- Resonators -- Mathematical models
Abstract
A general class of cylindrical laser resonators is described in which the radiation propagates partially in the radial direction. There is a strong focusing of energy at the axis of such resonators. The low-loss cavity modes are related to ordinary gaussian beam modes. Two limiting forms are the disk laser and the tube laser, and some applications are considered.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/8230
Citation Details
Lee W. Casperson, "Cylindrical laser resonators," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63, 25-29 (1973).
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