The excitation of high-order Laguerre–Gaussian（LG） modes in a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet（Nd:YAG） laser resonator was presented by applying the diffraction of a second-order circular Dammann grating（...The excitation of high-order Laguerre–Gaussian（LG） modes in a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet（Nd:YAG） laser resonator was presented by applying the diffraction of a second-order circular Dammann grating（CDG） for annular pumping. In the study, the 808 nm pump light was shaped into a double-ring structure by the CDG and matched spatially with that of an ideal LG11 mode. As a result, the laser resonator generated an LG11 vortex mode, and the laser power reached 204 mW with 14.5% slope efficiency. Also, when the cavity mirror was tilted, the laser output could switch to the LG01 vortex mode. The results showed the convenience and versatility of CDG in an annular-pumped vortex laser.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61475166)
文摘The excitation of high-order Laguerre–Gaussian（LG） modes in a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet（Nd:YAG） laser resonator was presented by applying the diffraction of a second-order circular Dammann grating（CDG） for annular pumping. In the study, the 808 nm pump light was shaped into a double-ring structure by the CDG and matched spatially with that of an ideal LG11 mode. As a result, the laser resonator generated an LG11 vortex mode, and the laser power reached 204 mW with 14.5% slope efficiency. Also, when the cavity mirror was tilted, the laser output could switch to the LG01 vortex mode. The results showed the convenience and versatility of CDG in an annular-pumped vortex laser.
