Author:Hasnaoui, A; Godin, T; Cagniot, E; Fromager, M; Forbes, A; Ait-Ameur, KDate:2012Laser beams of a single high-order transverse mode have been of interest to the laser community for several years now. In order to achieve such a mode as the fundamental mode of the cavity, mode selecting elements in the form of a phase or ...Read more
Author:Godin, T; Forbes, A; Naidoo, Darryl; Fromager, M; Cagniot, E; Aït-Ameur, KDate:Jun 2011The concept of transverse correlation vanishing, between the fraction of power contained in the centre and wings of a probe beam, recently introduced [Opt. Commun. 282 (2009) 3854–3858] is important to be considered when measuring the effective ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, Darryl; Godin, T; Fromager, M; Cagniot, E; Passilly, N; Forbes, A; Aït-Ameur, KDate:Nov 2011The article outlines an approach to mode selection in a microchip laser through judicious shaping of the pump light to create a high modal overlap with the desired mode. The authors demonstrate the principle by creating a donut-shaped pump ...Read more