Misalignment Sensitivity of the Output Power
摘要
The misalignment of the resonator mirrors results in a change of the output powerMisalignment sensitivityof the output power of a laser resonator due to two mechanisms (we intentionally use the term change instead of decrease since in unstable resonators the power can also increase with mirror tilt): the diffraction lossesDiffraction losses are increased leading to a higher laser thresholdLaser threshold and the cross sectional area of the laser beam in the medium is decreased resulting in a lower mode volumeMode volume