Alignment of optical components and system - Groups JMR-3 & JMR-4
29 Setembro 2022, 15:00 • José Manuel Rebordão
Laser beam, observation of the irradiance distribution, divergence, noises,
Mechanical
holders for lenses and mirrors. Reference diaphragms. Controlling
degrees of freedom for translation and rotation, in practice.
Alignment
of lenses using reflections from both surfaces, eventually also
reflected by laser output coupler, and their interference patterns (if
visible).
Laser instability upon perturbation of gain by feedback of the output beam.