Effect of using a Bi_12SiO_20 light amplifier on the formation and competition of modes in optical resonators
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 3 (2) , 315-320
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.3.000315
Abstract
The transverse modes of an oscillator of which the active medium is a Bi12SiO20 (BSO) crystal are expected to be different from those of the passive resonator and of a laser because of the properties of light amplification by photorefractive effect. The experimental study described here demonstrates the possibility of high-diffraction-loss resonators by using a BSO amplifier and illustrates the multimode operation of such an oscillator, according to the Fresnel-number value.Keywords
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