Abstract
An intracavity deformable membrane mirror has been successfully used to optimise the brightness of solid-state lasers--a side-pumped Nd(3+):YAlO laser where the oscillation of a low-order transverse mode was obtained, and a grazing incidence Nd(3+):GdVO(4) laser where a brightness increase by an order of magnitude with negligible drop in power was achieved. Several search algorithms were also implemented in the system and compared with respect to intracavity optimisation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10943-10955 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Jul 2008 |
Keywords
- multiphoton microscopy
- adaptive optics
- optimization
- implementation
- deformable membrane mirror
- laser performance