The augmented 5×5 ray matrix with the consideration of spherical mirror's axial displacement has been proposed in this article. By applying it to a planar square ring resonator and a monolithic triaxial ring resonator, the optical-axis perturbation induced by spherical mirror's axial displacement has been obtained. The mismatching error C of the monolithic triaxial ring resonator has been found out that it can be decreased and can be even reduced to 0. These interesting findings are important to cavity design, cavity improvement and alignment of monolithic triaxial ring resonator.

Date Published: 17 February 2010
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 7579, Laser Resonators and Beam Control XII, 75791G (17 February 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.840063

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7579:
Laser Resonators and Beam Control XII
Alexis V. Kudryashov; Alan H. Paxton; Vladimir S. Ilchenko, Editor(s)