Propagation Analysis of Self-Convergent Beam Width and Characterization of Hard-Edge Diffracted Beams
Applied Optics, Vol. 39, Issue 22, pp. 3914-3924 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.39.003914
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Abstract
For a laser beam diffracted by a hard-edge aperture, propagation of the beam width, defined by the second-order moment of its irradiance distribution truncated according to the self-convergent-width criterion, obeys the familiar hyperbolic law. It is demonstrated numerically that, with the self-convergent-width approach, the beam-propagation parameters for three beam types (Gaussian, Hermite–Gaussian, and flattened Gaussian) diffracted by hard-edge apertures can be determined with the second-moment-based procedure that is recommended by the present draft standard only for unapertured laser beams.
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OCIS Codes
(120.4800) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical standards and testing
(140.3430) Lasers and laser optics : Laser theory
(350.5500) Other areas of optics : Propagation
Citation
Stefan Amarande, Adolf Giesen, and Helmut Hügel, "Propagation Analysis of Self-Convergent Beam Width and Characterization of Hard-Edge Diffracted Beams," Appl. Opt. 39, 3914-3924 (2000)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-39-22-3914
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