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M A Clifford, J Arlt, J Courtial, and K Dholakia (1998)

High-order Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes for studies of cold atoms

Optics Comm. 156:300–306.

The generation of high-order Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) laser modes at 780 nm from a simple external-cavity diode laser is demonstrated. The beams are derived from computer-generated holograms and a high conversion efficiency of 40% is achieved for LG beams with mode indices from l = 1 to l = 6. The line width of the external cavity diode laser is below 1 MHz. This system is suitable for studies of trapped and cooled atoms using LG beams. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00464-7
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00464-7