Beam characterization using power content radii

Bernd Eppich; Norbert Reng

doi:10.1117/12.206983

17 April 1995 Beam characterization using power content radii

Bernd Eppich, Norbert Reng

Proceedings Volume 2375, Beam Control, Diagnostics, Standards, and Propagation; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206983
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper we propose a calibration procedure that allows beam characterization based on power content (or any other reasonable) beam widths. Once the characterization is done, the beam width behind ABCD-systems can be predicted with sufficient accuracy. This general characterization procedure is based on two fundamental ideas. Firstly, it is assumed that the free-space propagation of any beam width is hyperbolical with deviation near the waist. The second starting point is the fact that the structure of the intensity distribution that a given beam can take on behind an ABCD-system depends only on the quantity B/A (where A and B are elements of the geometrical ray matrix). We present a simple set-up, consisting of two parts, that allows the measurement of both the three parameters and the calibration function.

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Bernd Eppich and Norbert Reng "Beam characterization using power content radii", Proc. SPIE 2375, Beam Control, Diagnostics, Standards, and Propagation, (17 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206983

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