Abstract
The motion of the output beam from an ion laser is critical for most applications, including the pumping of other lasers. In this paper we show that for a stable ion laser cavity, the output coupler can be used to position the beam at a given point in space. In this case an actively controlled laser cavity maintains the beam position at the laser exit. For a typical ion laser with an 8 m radius output coupler optic, maintaining the output beam position reduces the total beam motion a factor of 8, 1 m from the laser. Besides reducing the total beam motion, eliminating the position offset translates to a better angular overlap of pump and a cavity modes in lasers pumped by ion lasers such as Ti:sapphire lasers.
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