On the design of enhancement cavities for second harmonic generation

Enhancement cavities using off-axis spherical mirrors allow the elliptical Gaussian beams from semiconductor diode lasers to be matched directly to the optimum beam profile for frequency conversion in a nonlinear crystal. We give a general recipe for the design of such cavities.

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Main Authors: Freegarde, Tim (Author), Zimmermann, Claus (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2001.
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