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We demonstrate that an intracavity deformable mirror (DM) is capable of compensating for the aberrations of a continuous-wave (CW) Nd:YAG solid-state laser and improving its far-field peak power fast and stably. The deformable mirror is controlled by a stochastic parallel gradient descend (SPGD) algorithm. Experimental results reveal that high-order-like transverse modes can be transformed into Gaussian-like modes quickly without any pinhole added in the laser cavity. At the same time, the far-field peak powers are also increased to different extents.
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Yang, P., Lei, X., Yang, R. et al. Fast and stable enhancement of the far-field peak power by use of an intracavity deformable mirror. Appl. Phys. B 100, 591–595 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4117-4
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