Litvin, IA2014-01-152014-01-152013-05Litvin, I.A. 2013. Stability of a laser cavity with non-parabolic phase transformation elements. Optic Express, vol. 21(9), pp 10706-107111094-4087http://www.opticsinfobase.org/view_article.cfm?gotourl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eopticsinfobase%2Eorg%2FDirectPDFAccess%2FA3FD3221-C6C5-F9EB-347CCAA3CFB4490B_253024%2Foe-21-9-10706%2Epdf%3Fda%3D1%26id%3D253024%26seq%3D0%26mobile%3Dno&org=http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7146Copyright: 2013 Optical Society of America. This is an OA journal. This is journal authorizes the publication of the information herewith contained. Published in Optic Express, vol. 21(9), pp 10706-10711In this paper we present a general approach to determine the stability of a laser cavity which can include non-conventional phase transformation elements. We consider two pertinent examples of the detailed investigation of the stability of a laser cavity firstly with a lens with spherical aberration and thereafter a lens axicon doublet to illustrate the implementation of the given approach. In the particular case of the intra-cavity elements having parabolic surfaces, the approach comes to the well-known stability condition for conventional laser resonators namely 0 ≤(1-z/R1) (1-z/R2) ≤1.enOpticsMathematical opticsLaser cavityLaser beam shapingLaser resonatorsArticleLitvin, I. (2013). Stability of a laser cavity with non-parabolic phase transformation elements. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7146Litvin, IA "Stability of a laser cavity with non-parabolic phase transformation elements." (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7146Litvin I. Stability of a laser cavity with non-parabolic phase transformation elements. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7146.TY - Article AU - Litvin, IA AB - In this paper we present a general approach to determine the stability of a laser cavity which can include non-conventional phase transformation elements. We consider two pertinent examples of the detailed investigation of the stability of a laser cavity firstly with a lens with spherical aberration and thereafter a lens axicon doublet to illustrate the implementation of the given approach. In the particular case of the intra-cavity elements having parabolic surfaces, the approach comes to the well-known stability condition for conventional laser resonators namely 0 ≤(1-z/R1) (1-z/R2) ≤1. DA - 2013-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Optics KW - Mathematical optics KW - Laser cavity KW - Laser beam shaping KW - Laser resonators LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 SM - 1094-4087 T1 - Stability of a laser cavity with non-parabolic phase transformation elements TI - Stability of a laser cavity with non-parabolic phase transformation elements UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7146 ER -