Comparison Of Uniform And Gaussian Beam Diffraction

Virendra N. Mahajan

doi:10.1117/12.949611

10 May 1986 Comparison Of Uniform And Gaussian Beam Diffraction

Virendra N. Mahajan

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Proceedings Volume 0560, Diffraction Phenomena in Optical Engineering Applications; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949611
Event: 29th Annual Technical Symposium, 1985, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Much is said in the literature about Gaussian beams. However, there is little in terms of a quantitative comparison between the propagation of uniform and Gaussian beams. Even when results for both types of beams are given, they appear in a normalized form in such a way that some of the quantitative difference between them is lost. In this paper, we consider an aberration-free annular beam and investigate the effect of Gaussian amplitude across the aperture on the focal-plane irradiance and encircled-power distributions. We also consider the problem of aberration balancing and compare the effects of primary aberrations on the two types of beams.

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Virendra N. Mahajan "Comparison Of Uniform And Gaussian Beam Diffraction", Proc. SPIE 0560, Diffraction Phenomena in Optical Engineering Applications, (10 May 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949611

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