Spatial mode control of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser by use of an intracavity holographic phase plate

Jérôme Bourderionnet (1) , Nicolas Huot (1) , Arnaud Brignon (1) , Jean-Pierre Huignard (1)

1 Thales Research and Technology [Palaiseau]

We present a new method of realizing phase plates by phase-volume holography on a photopolymer film. We implement such a component in a diode-pumped Nd:YAG oscillator to control the output spatial beam profile. Flattop super-Gaussian and square-shaped beams are obtained.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Jérôme Bourderionnet, Nicolas Huot, Arnaud Brignon, Jean-Pierre Huignard. Spatial mode control of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser by use of an intracavity holographic phase plate. Optics Letters, 2000, 25, pp.1579-1581. ⟨ujm-00118133⟩