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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 14, Issue 8, Pages 3304-3311Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003304
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Placing a Brewster-angle axicon inside a laser resonator makes it possible to produce a radially-polarized (RP) oscillation pattern distributed on a thin ring or a portion of a ring. Laser-diode end-pumped, Nd:Y3Al5O12 and Nd:YVO4 lasers were studied. Spatially coherent RP beams distributed on circular arcs were obtained with a polarization contrast ratio up to 80:1. Incoherent RP outputs on a full ring were also produced with a polarization contrast ratio of about 5: 1. Applications of these beams to increase absorption efficiency in laser-matter interaction are discussed. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.
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