Optical design of a two-mirror asymmetrical reshaping system and its application in superbroadband color center lasers

V. Oliker; Laird D. Prussner; David L. Shealy; Sergey B. Mirov

doi:10.1117/12.187996

30 September 1994 Optical design of a two-mirror asymmetrical reshaping system and its application in superbroadband color center lasers

V. Oliker, Laird D. Prussner, David L. Shealy, Sergey B. Mirov

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Proceedings Volume 2263, Current Developments in Optical Design and Optical Engineering IV; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187996
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A two-mirror asymmetrical system has been designed to reshape a laser beam into an elliptic uniform beam profile for use in a new superbroadband color center laser system. The surface points of the two mirrors are obtained by solving a second order partial differential equation of the Monge-Ampeere type which is based on conversation of energy and the law of reflection. The technique is illustrated by presenting the design of a two-mirror system which converts a circular Gaussian beam into an elliptic beam with a uniform profile. Such a reshaper system is planned for use in the development of superbroadband or control generation spectrum color center lasers, which have a significant potential for optical communications, signal multiplexing, and information coding as well as laser spectroscopy, photochemistry, medicine, color microscopy, and holography.

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V. Oliker, Laird D. Prussner, David L. Shealy, and Sergey B. Mirov "Optical design of a two-mirror asymmetrical reshaping system and its application in superbroadband color center lasers", Proc. SPIE 2263, Current Developments in Optical Design and Optical Engineering IV, (30 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187996

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