The concept of mode stability is considered in detail and a procedure is developed for determining the stability of laser resonators and optical waveguides containing arbitrary lens elements. It is found that under some conditions the addition of a laser medium with a gain profile makes oscillation or propagation impossible in an otherwise stable system. A new formalism is described for the propagation of off-axis modes.
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