Quality factor analysis for aberrated laser beam

B. Ghafary; M. Alavynejad; F. D. Kashani

doi:10.1117/12.659544

9 December 2005 Quality factor analysis for aberrated laser beam

B. Ghafary, M. Alavynejad, F. D. Kashani

Proceedings Volume 6157, Workshop on Laser Applications in Europe; 61570Z (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.659544
Event: EPIC/SPIE Workshop on laser applications in Europe, 2005, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

The quality factor of laser beams has attracted considerable attention and some different approaches have been reported to treat the problem. In this paper we analyze quality factor of laser beam and compare the effect of different aberrations on beam quality by expanding pure phase term of wavefront in terms of Zernike polynomials. Also we analyze experimentally the change of beam quality for different Astigmatism aberrations, and compare theoretical results with experimentally results. The experimental and theoretical results are in good agreement.

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B. Ghafary, M. Alavynejad, and F. D. Kashani "Quality factor analysis for aberrated laser beam", Proc. SPIE 6157, Workshop on Laser Applications in Europe, 61570Z (9 December 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.659544

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