Unstable cavity lasers - from kaleidoscopes to snowflakes

Christian, JM; Begleris, I; McDonald, GS; Huang, JG

Abstract

The snowflake laser is proposed  a new class of unstable resonator whose
feedback mirror has the shape of the von Koch snowflake. Theoretical analysis is
undertaken with two-dimensional virtual source theory, and predictions of novel mode
patterns, eigenvalue spectra, and convergence phenomena are presented.

Citation

Christian, J., Begleris, I., McDonald, G., & Huang, J. Unstable cavity lasers - from kaleidoscopes to snowflakes. Presented at 5th European Optical Society Annual Meeting (EOSAM 2014), Berlin, Germany

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: 5th European Optical Society Annual Meeting (EOSAM 2014)
• Conference Location: Berlin, Germany
• End Date: Sep 19, 2014
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Sep 30, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 30, 2014
• Publisher URL: http://www.myeos.org/events/eosam2014
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference