摘要
We present a novel four-mirror cavity with two active gains to combine power intracavity and also give a detailed theoretical analysis of the combined gain. By using the effective field method, the four-mirror cavity with two gain media can be regarded as a linear resonator with one effective combined gain （ECG）, and we procure a theoretical model of the ECG and deduce its exact analytical expression. When the two branch gains are close to each other; the combined gain can be reduced to their product; and the simplified presentation of ECG has been demonstrated. The combined output power which directly reflects the small signal ECG of the four-mirror cavity is studied experimentally; and the results are in good agreement with the theoretical ones.
We present a novel four-mirror cavity with two active gains to combine power intracavity and also give a detailed theoretical analysis of the combined gain. By using the effective field method, the four-mirror cavity with two gain media can be regarded as a linear resonator with one effective combined gain （ECG）, and we procure a theoretical model of the ECG and deduce its exact analytical expression. When the two branch gains are close to each other; the combined gain can be reduced to their product; and the simplified presentation of ECG has been demonstrated. The combined output power which directly reflects the small signal ECG of the four-mirror cavity is studied experimentally; and the results are in good agreement with the theoretical ones.
