Compensation of birefringence in active elements with a novel Faraday mirror operating at high average power

Appl Opt. 2002 May 20;41(15):2947-54. doi: 10.1364/ao.41.002947.

Abstract

A decrease in the depolarization ratio by more than one order of magnitude by use of a recently proposed Faraday mirror (FM) in comparison with the traditional FM has been demonstrated experimentally. At a high average laser power, the possibility of an increase in the accuracy of compensation of depolarization in the active element by means of a lambda/4 plate with both the traditional and the novel FM is shown.