摘要 |
A laser (100) for outputting laser radiation includes a lasing material (110) in a resonant cavity (20) adapted for supporting a given lasing mode of oscillation. The laser (100) furthermore has at least one laser mirror (124) including a transparent portion for transmitting only a part of a beam of the laser (100) substantially smaller than the dimension of the beam of the laser (100) and the laser (100) includes a mode switching device (120) adapted to induce a change in the transmitted part of the beam, for altering the given lasing mode. A corresponding laser mirror (124), controller and a method for controlling a laser (100) also are described.
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