High-peak-power large-angular-momentum beams generated from passively Q-switched geometric modes with astigmatic transformation

Y. F. Chen; C. C. Chang; C. Y. Lee; C. L. Sung; J. C. Tung; K. W. Su; H. C. Liang; W. D. Chen; G. Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000561

Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 6, 561(2017)

High-peak-power large-angular-momentum beams generated from passively Q-switched geometric modes with astigmatic transformation

Y. F. Chen^1、*, C. C. Chang¹, C. Y. Lee¹, C. L. Sung¹, J. C. Tung¹, K. W. Su¹, H. C. Liang², W. D. Chen³, and G. Zhang³

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan

²Institute of Optoelectronic Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan

³Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Aug. 24, 2017

Accepted: Sep. 15, 2017

Published Online: Jan. 10, 2019

The Author Email: Y. F. Chen (yfchen@cc.nctu.edu.tw)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000561

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