10mm and 15mm diameter adaptive membrane mirrors have been implemented into a Nd:YVO4 laser. The laser performance has been investigated and compared to a similar laser without an adaptive mirror. While some membrane mirrors did not change the laser behaviour, several other membrane mirrors lead to a switching between transverse modes. With less than 3kW/cm2, the maximum intensity on the mirror membrane was small compared to a damage threshold of more than 144kW/cm2.
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Welp, P., Buske, I., & Wittrock, U. (2006). Intracavity Use of Membrane Mirrors in a Nd:YVO4 Laser. In Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine (pp. 229–236). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28867-8_24
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