Abstract

Computational investigations were made of the power loss (output coupling) of misaligned strip unstable resonators as a function of the equivalent Fresnel number for several values of the misalignment parameter in a domain where cusping occurs. The behavior of power loss was found to agree with predictions based on consideration of a separate value of equivalent Fresnel number associated with each side of the resonator axis. Effects of even small misalignments can be quite pronounced.

© 1984 Optical Society of America

Unstable strip resonators with misaligned circular mirrors

C. Santana and L. B. Felsen
Appl. Opt. 17(15) 2352-2357 (1978)

Modes in misaligned unstable resonators

Paul Horwitz
Appl. Opt. 15(1) 167-178 (1976)

Eigenvalues for unstable resonators with slightly misaligned strip mirrors

C. Santana and L. B. Felsen
Appl. Opt. 19(18) 3189-3191 (1980)

Mode Selectivity and Mirror Misalignment Effects in Unstable Laser Resonators

Arthur N. Chester
Appl. Opt. 11(11) 2584-2590 (1972)

Unstable optical resonators with linear magnification

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