title: Bessel-Gauss resonator with spherical output mirror: geometrical- and wave-optics analysis.
abstract: A detailed study of the axicon-based Bessel-Gauss resonator with concave output coupler is presented. We employ a technique to convert the Huygens-Fresnel integral self-consistency equation into a matrix equation and then find the eigenvalues and the eigenfields of the resonator at one time. A paraxial ray analysis is performed to find the self-consistency condition to have stable periodic ray trajectories after one or two round trips. The fast-Fourier-transform-based Fox and Li algorithm is applied to describe the three-dimensional intracavity field distribution. Special attention was directed to the dependence of the output transverse profiles, the losses, and the modal-frequency changes on the curvature of the output coupler and the cavity length. The propagation of the output beam is discussed.
authors: Photonics and Mathematical Optics Group, Departament of Physics, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México 64849. juliocesar@itesm.mx
authors: Julio C
authors: JC
authors: Gutiérrez-Vega
authors: Rodolfo
authors: R
authors: Rodríguez-Masegosa
authors: Sabino
authors: S
authors: Chávez-Cerda