Control of Vortex Helicity With a Quarter-Wave Plate in an Er:YAG Ceramic Solid State Laser

In this paper, we research the characteristics of the Laguerre-Gaussian (LG01) beams generated in an Er:YAG ceramic solid state laser pumped by an annular beam. The generated two LG01 beams (LG0,+1 and LG0,-1 modes) were found to have different thermally induced polarization behaviors and alternatel...

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Main Authors: Qiyao Liu, Yongguang Zhao, Wei Zhou, Jianing Zhang, Li Wang, Weichao Yao, Deyuan Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7797215/