Naidoo, DarrylForbes, AAït-Ameur, KBrunel, M2011-10-102011-10-102011-01Naidoo, D, Forbes, A, Aït-Ameur, K and Brunel, M. 2011. Constructing “petal” modes from the coherent superposition of Laguerre-Gaussian modes. Laser Resonators and Beam Control XIII, San Francisco, California, USA, 23-25 January 20119780819484505http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5211Laser Resonators and Beam Control XIII, San Francisco, California, USA, 23-25 January 2011An experimental approach in generating Petal-like transverse modes, which are similar to what is seen in porro-prism resonators, has been successfully demonstrated. We hypothesize that the petal-like structures are generated from a coherent superposition of Laguerre-Gaussian modes of zero radial order and opposite azimuthal order. To verify this hypothesis, visually based comparisons such as petal peak to peak diameter and the angle between adjacent petals are drawn between experimental data and simulated data. The beam quality factor of the Petal-like transverse modes and an inner product interaction is also experimentally compared to numerical results.enPetal like transverse modesLaguerre GaussianCoherent superpositionLaser resonatorsLaser beamsArticleNaidoo, D., Forbes, A., Aït-Ameur, K., & Brunel, M. (2011). Constructing “petal” modes from the coherent superposition of Laguerre-Gaussian modes. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5211Naidoo, Darryl, A Forbes, K Aït-Ameur, and M Brunel "Constructing “petal” modes from the coherent superposition of Laguerre-Gaussian modes." (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5211Naidoo D, Forbes A, Aït-Ameur K, Brunel M. Constructing “petal” modes from the coherent superposition of Laguerre-Gaussian modes. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5211.TY - Article AU - Naidoo, Darryl AU - Forbes, A AU - Aït-Ameur, K AU - Brunel, M AB - An experimental approach in generating Petal-like transverse modes, which are similar to what is seen in porro-prism resonators, has been successfully demonstrated. We hypothesize that the petal-like structures are generated from a coherent superposition of Laguerre-Gaussian modes of zero radial order and opposite azimuthal order. To verify this hypothesis, visually based comparisons such as petal peak to peak diameter and the angle between adjacent petals are drawn between experimental data and simulated data. The beam quality factor of the Petal-like transverse modes and an inner product interaction is also experimentally compared to numerical results. DA - 2011-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Petal like transverse modes KW - Laguerre Gaussian KW - Coherent superposition KW - Laser resonators KW - Laser beams LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - 9780819484505 T1 - Constructing “petal” modes from the coherent superposition of Laguerre-Gaussian modes TI - Constructing “petal” modes from the coherent superposition of Laguerre-Gaussian modes UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5211 ER -