Self-organization of laser cavities using dynamic holograms

Gérald Roosen (1) , Antoine Godard (1) , Sébastien Maerten (1) , Vincent Reboud (1) , Nicolas Dubreuil (1) , Gilles Pauliat (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Manolia

Inserting a photorefractive crystal inside a laser cavity leads to striking behaviors. The oscillating modes record a dynamic hologram in the crystal, which in turn acts as a spectral filter for these modes. For a correctly designed system, this mutual adaptation spontaneously forces the laser to oscillate on a single longitudinal mode. We describe this self-adaptive process, and we illustrate its operation in the case of two different lasers.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Gérald Roosen, Antoine Godard, Sébastien Maerten, Vincent Reboud, Nicolas Dubreuil, et al.. Self-organization of laser cavities using dynamic holograms. Optical Materials, 2003, 23, pp.289-293. ⟨10.1016/S0925-3467(02)00304-X⟩. ⟨hal-01575763⟩