Optical quality of high-power laser beams in lenses
JOSA B, Vol. 26, Issue 3, pp. 503-510 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.000503
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Abstract
We analyze the propagation of a high-power laser beam through a lens and calculate the optical beam quality resulting from geometrical aberrations and thermal nonlinearities. We present a general ray-optics formulation, including diffraction effects, for propagation through a nonlinear medium. An analytical expression for the beam quality parameter
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OCIS Codes
(080.3620) Geometric optics : Lens system design
(080.3630) Geometric optics : Lenses
(140.6810) Lasers and laser optics : Thermal effects
ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics
History
Original Manuscript: September 30, 2008
Revised Manuscript: December 11, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: December 19, 2008
Published: February 23, 2009
Citation
Joseph Peñano, Phillip Sprangle, Antonio Ting, Richard Fischer, Bahman Hafizi, and Phillip Serafim, "Optical quality of high-power laser beams in lenses," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 26, 503-510 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-26-3-503
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