Optically stable laser resonator
AssigneeUrenco Deutschland GmbH
InventorLinus Werner
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Abstract
In an optically stable laser resonator which includes at one end a fully reflective mirror, a partially reflective mirror serving as an uncoupling window at the other end and a pair of spherical optical mirrors one being diverging and the other being converging to provide an expanded beam at the uncoupling window wherein the beam axis has an incidence angle w.sub.1 with the diverging lens axis which is between 10.degree. and 45.degree. and the axis of the beam extending between the spherical mirrors has an incidence angle with the converging mirror axis which, depending on the mirror distance and the focal length of the mirrors, is so calculated that astigmatism is essentially eliminated.
Claims5
An optically stable laser resonator having a base mode beam axis and comprising a fully light reflective end mirror arranged at one end of said resonator, a partially reflective mirror serving as an uncoupling window arranged at the other end of said resonator, a laser active medium enclosed in said resonator, a pair of spherical optical mirrors disposed within said resonator, one being diverging (converse) and the other being converging (concave) to provide for an expanded laser beam at the uncoupling window, wherein the lines extending normally from the mirror surface at the incident points of the base mode beam axis of the resonator are disposed in a single plane, said base mode beam axis extending between said fully light reflective end mirror and said diverging mirror having an incidence angle w.sub.1 at the diverging mirror which is larger than 10.degree., but smaller than 45.degree., and said base mode beam axis extending between said spherical mirrors having an incidence angle w.sub.2 with respect to a normal line extending from the incidence point of said base mode beam axis and said converging mirror, with a predetermined mirror distance SA and a predetermined focal length f.sub.1 of said diverging mirror and f.sub.2 of said converging mirror which are determined by the formula:
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