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Effects Of Focusing-Beam Field Variations On The Stability Of Laser Oscillators, Pitak Chenkosol, Lee W. Casperson
Effects Of Focusing-Beam Field Variations On The Stability Of Laser Oscillators, Pitak Chenkosol, Lee W. Casperson
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
Semiclassical models for the dynamical behavior of single-longitudinal-mode, homogeneously broadened, unidirectional ring-laser oscillators have long been available. However, in most of these models the beam's cross section is assumed to be independent of longitudinal position in the laser, while in practical laser systems it is common for the diameter to vary with position. A model for lasers with focusing-beam field variations is developed here. Linear stability analysis shows that higher values of excitation are required to reach the type 1 instability threshold for lasers with longitudinal variations of the beam diameter than for the uniform plane-wave laser model.