12-15 July 2011
Saint George Hotel
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Intra-cavity beam control: a comparison of spatial light modulators and adaptive mirrors

14 Jul 2011, 17:00
2h
Asteria

Asteria

Poster Presentation Track C - Lasers, Optics and Spectroscopy Poster2

Speaker

Mrs Liesl Burger (National Laser Centre)

Description

It is well understood that the fundamental mode of a cavity may be selected by suitable choice of intra-cavity amplitude or phase elements. If one wishes to dynamically control the mode, for example, to manage thermal aberrations, then intra-cavity elements that are controllable are required. Two such elements are adaptive mirrors and spatial light modulators (SLMs). In this poster we present early results on the intra-cavity use of SLMs, and highlight some expected and unexpected problems. We then compare our results to our first attempts at the use of an intra-cavity adaptive mirror.

Level (Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, other)? other
Consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)? yes
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? Yes

Primary author

Mrs Liesl Burger (National Laser Centre)

Co-authors

Prof. Andrew Forbes (CSIR National Laser Centre) Dr Igor Litvin (CSIR National Laser Centre)

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