Influence of crystal Brewster windows on decreasing the Faraday rotation effect in argon ion lasers

Jerzy Kesik; Piotr Warda

doi:10.1117/12.203302

1 March 1995 Influence of crystal Brewster windows on decreasing the Faraday rotation effect in argon ion lasers

Jerzy Kesik, Piotr Warda

Proceedings Volume 2202, Laser Technology IV: Research Trends, Instrumentation, and Applications in Metrology and Materials Processing; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203302
Event: Laser Technology: Fourth Symposium, 1993, Szczecin, Poland

Abstract

Application of an axial magnetic field in ion argon lasers causes rotation of the polarization plane of output radiation. This fact increases the optical losses of the resonator. This effect can be reduced remarkably by using the crystal quartz Brewster windows instead of the fused silica ones. A Faraday effect can be calculated with the help of Jones matrix formalism. It has been shown that by using crystal quartz windows we can decrease the optical losses 10 times in comparison with the fused silica windows. This effect has been confirmed experimentally.

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Jerzy Kesik and Piotr Warda "Influence of crystal Brewster windows on decreasing the Faraday rotation effect in argon ion lasers", Proc. SPIE 2202, Laser Technology IV: Research Trends, Instrumentation, and Applications in Metrology and Materials Processing, (1 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203302

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