Aunehete, © ECE sho Leetuce wet aser Resoastors Sphesi Up te this point, we have concentrated on the field properties and prepagetion characteristics of Goussian beams, This was done largely [bncaute the mode. Solutions for rttonetirs constructed from spherical mircors match ‘these solutions ty the wave equation Hermmiter Gaussian beams Eng YET By Me fx\y [2 ot ot (ead EEE. F pee ‘ =, wa \ [55] en [ler (er peed 5] eo wears we Ce (272,)°1% aos ol te (%/2)*] 5+ ten" He) Be OY A Gaussian beam is a made 4 resonator cavity if the radius of curvature of the beam wavefront eguel the redive of curvature of |e mirror at the mieror —— 4 —_> We now consider a spherical mirror resonetors with mirrors of radii Rend Ry separated by @ distance d. By cenvention, since beth mierers are concave surfaces, — R,, Ry <0® | | Lecture ait The E-axis is defined by the of the beam, which has yet 4» at zo. The mirrors Ry and Q, ore located at positions #, and mhers of the mirrors. The position e-determined, is defined te occuc 2,5 Byrd, respectively | Mote that o negative value of 2 indicates that the beam waist lies to the right of mireor £ CR)» | The valoes of 2, and 2, are and by constraining the vadivs. of curvature of the beam 2 Rea) + ge Be z to match the mirror radii R, at zz, and Rp at rz, Th is important that we pay close atlention te the signs for the radius of curvature. As noted above, since beth mirrors ore concave, f curvatuce is defined Rand Ry <0. But the beam radivs (8S being positive for 270 and negative fir 240 Rare): & Rom)» Irae ae ae a mt ate ae a ay Solving fr a, and 2, , we get | ays 24 (Baa) ane etd -@ Rr Ry 2d | 2s na (Rita) hae an(Rt Read. (aw? | -@ (Rt Rpt 2d)* x® Lecture #17 The mircor positions in @ can be put in the form related fo the Rayleigh ange (Bu). Therefore wlP Here, the sigh must be chosen to make physical sense. The [aget sizes St the mireons ove Cente] ele (ay In a symmetric cavity, Ry? Ret > IRI a2 -alo aye ale ic and Bed Let fe a [2 a | Be nal | T Cha) (2= Had) Given a resonator of fired mirror separction, vie can examine the effect of an increase in the witvor curvature on the beam waist radive We , as wall as the beam radii w, and Wig at the mirrors.| ® | Lecture 17 , aha Wet Wy Wy 2 ab plane wave, A For a planar mirror resonator As “Yik increases, w, decreases until it vanishes for Piers 2 (concentric resonator). At this point Wye Wy ©) Ther radii of the beams are minimum when “/Rl #4 (eonfoeat resonator) wa wa (M4%/a) Here, Z ¥ aed owe (Man) wea ne More genecatly