Passive transverse-mode organization in a photorefractive oscillator with saturable absorber

Baruch Fischer*, Ofer Werner, Moshe Horowitz, Aaron Lewis

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Abstract

We present and demonstrate a self-transverse-mode organization effect (passive transverse mode locking?) in a cavity that contains a saturable absorber. It gives narrowing and filamentation of the oscillating beam in the region of the absorber. In the demonstration, we have used a resonator formed by two photorefractive phase conjugate mirrors. The saturable absorber was bacteriorhodopsin in a polymer film. Light powers of 1-100 mW were used.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2729-2731
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume58
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991

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