The digital laser: on-demand laser modes with the click of a button

A. Forbes; S. Ngcobo; L. Burger; I. A. Litvin

doi:10.1117/12.2048372

4 March 2014 The digital laser: on-demand laser modes with the click of a button

A. Forbes, S. Ngcobo, L. Burger, I. A. Litvin

Proceedings Volume 8960, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XVI; 89601K (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2048372
Event: SPIE LASE, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper we will outline our recent advances in all-digital control of light. Importantly, we will outline how to create a so-called “digital laser”, where a conventional laser mirror is replaced with a phase-only spatial light modulator. This allows the mirror properties to be dynamically changed by altering only the image sent to the device: on-demand laser modes. We demonstrate a myriad of laser beams that can be created from the same device without any realignment or additional custom optics.

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A. Forbes, S. Ngcobo, L. Burger, and I. A. Litvin "The digital laser: on-demand laser modes with the click of a button", Proc. SPIE 8960, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XVI, 89601K (4 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2048372

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