Intracavity liquid-crystal light valve for spatial mode control of a Nd:YAG laser

Jerome Bourderionnet; Arnaud Brignon; Jean-Pierre Huignard; Anne Delboulbe; Brigitte Loiseaux

doi:10.1117/12.527064

19 November 2003 Intracavity liquid-crystal light valve for spatial mode control of a Nd:YAG laser

Jerome Bourderionnet, Arnaud Brignon, Jean-Pierre Huignard, Anne Delboulbe, Brigitte Loiseaux

Proceedings Volume 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.527064
Event: 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, 2002, Florence, Italy

Abstract

We present a new beam shaping technique with an intracavity optically addressed liquid-crystal spatial light modulator. The Nd:YAG resonator is able to deliver beams with various spatial profiles, as flattop super-Gaussian or square-shaped beams.

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Jerome Bourderionnet, Arnaud Brignon, Jean-Pierre Huignard, Anne Delboulbe, and Brigitte Loiseaux "Intracavity liquid-crystal light valve for spatial mode control of a Nd:YAG laser", Proc. SPIE 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, (19 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.527064

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