Ring Cavity Vortex Laser using a Wedge-Plate Shearing Interferometer

Abdul-Haseeb Munj

Presentation information

Oral Session

CLEO-PR2022 » Solid State and Vortex Lasers

[CThP1H] Solid State and Vortex Lasers

Thu. Aug 4, 2022 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM Mid-sized Hall B (1F)

Session Chair: Keisaku Yamane (Hokkaido Univ.)

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

[CThP1H-03] Ring Cavity Vortex Laser using a Wedge-Plate Shearing Interferometer

Abdul-Haseeb Munj¹, *William R Kerridge-Johns¹ (1. Imperial College London (UK))

[Presentation Style] Onsite

A unidirectional Nd:YVO₄ ring laser generating watt-level LG₀₁ beam output with 98% mode purity in a single longitudinal mode, using a wedge-plate shearing interferometer as a mode converting output coupler. This could be adapted to any gain medium.