An astigmatism compensated isosceles triangular ring resonator is designed and tested for a subjoule class Nd:YAG laser, considering the thermal lensing effects. The ABCD approach is used and the laser rod is considered as a lens like media whose optical power is induced by dissipated heat in the rod. The beam spot size, divergence angle, and some other parameters were studied for both sagittal and tangential planes and a minimal astigmatic configuration is designed applying dynamic stability condition. It is shown practically that the designed resonator emits a circular TEM00 Gaussian beam (using an aperture). Comparative studies were also done considering a linear resonator especially for alignment sensitivity of the linear and ring resonator.
A method is introduced for small signal gain measurement in a low-saturation regime using an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) footprint of a gain media. By this method, the ratio of intensities, with and without a reflector, is measured beside the bandwidth of the ASE, hence two equations are formed. An iterative solution of these equations will simultaneously determine both the small signal gain and the loss.
Fully coherent laser beams are very sensitive to the turbulence medium. Studies have shown that using partially coherent
beams is an effective method to reduce this unsatisfactory feature. Unfortunately partially coherent beams are more
expanded when they propagate thought turbulence medium. In this paper we have determined a special degree of global
coherency, which optimizes beam propagation with respect to limiting factors (sensitivity to the turbulence and broadening)
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