Formation of propagation invariant laser beams with anamorphic optical systems

Y. G. Soskind

doi:10.1117/12.2084104

13 March 2015 Formation of propagation invariant laser beams with anamorphic optical systems

Y. G. Soskind

Proceedings Volume 9369, Photonic Instrumentation Engineering II; 93690L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084104
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Propagation invariant structured laser beams play an important role in several photonics applications. A majority of propagation invariant beams are usually produced in the form of laser modes emanating from stable laser cavities. This work shows that anamorphic optical systems can be effectively employed to transform input propagation invariant laser beams and produce a variety of alternative propagation invariant structured laser beam distributions with different shapes and phase structures. This work also presents several types of anamorphic lens systems suitable for transforming the input laser modes into a variety of structured propagation invariant beams. The transformations are applied to different laser mode types, including Hermite-Gaussian, Laguerre-Gaussian, and Ince-Gaussian field distributions. The influence of the relative azimuthal orientation between the input laser modes and the anamorphic optical systems on the resulting transformed propagation invariant beams is presented as well.

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Y. G. Soskind "Formation of propagation invariant laser beams with anamorphic optical systems", Proc. SPIE 9369, Photonic Instrumentation Engineering II, 93690L (13 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084104

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