Author:Naidoo, Darryl; Litvin, Ihar; Forbes, ADate:Feb 2017We investigate the selection of a flat-top beam and a Gaussian beam inside a laser cavity on opposing mirrors. The concept is tested external to the laser cavity in a single pass and double pass regime where the latter mimics a single round ...Read more
Author:Forbes, A; Burger, L; Litvin, IADate:Jul 2006Laser brightness is a parameter often used to compare high power laser beam delivery from various sources, and incorporates both the power contained in the particular mode, as well as the propagation of that mode through the beam quality ...Read more