Abstract

The geometrical optics analysis of unstable resonators with nonuniform magnification is extended to include simple saturable gain with nonuniform profiles. A solution is obtained for the magnification function required for a uniform intensity profile with nonuniform gain. Also, the intensity profile for an arbitrary magnification function is derived. In the limit of zero losses, the output power seems to be a function of the output area alone, independent of the particular magnification function.

© 1986 Optical Society of America

Optical resonators with nonuniform magnification

Thomas R. Ferguson and Martin E. Smithers
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 1(6) 653-662 (1984)

Unstable resonators with distributed saturable gain and nonuniform reflectivity outcouplers in the geometrical optics limit

Thomas R. Ferguson
Appl. Opt. 31(36) 7551-7556 (1992)

Experimental properties of an unstable resonator with nonuniform magnification using aspheric mirrors

Margaret A. Malloy and Christopher M. Clayton
Appl. Opt. 27(21) 4407-4413 (1988)

Inherently injected unstable resonators

Thomas R. Ferguson
Appl. Opt. 25(4) 581-584 (1986)

Unstable optical resonators with linear magnification

Martin E. Smithers and Thomas R. Ferguson
Appl. Opt. 23(20) 3718-3724 (1984)