Waist location and Rayleigh range for higher-order mode laser beams
Journal Article
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· Appl. Opt.; (United States)
Self has presented simple equations for Gaussian-mode laser beams for calculating focused waist location and beam waist magnification in terms of the Rayleigh range. Since the Rayleigh range is a purely geometrical quantity. Self's equations can also be applied to higher-order mode beams. A convenient form of the Rayleigh range for Hermite-Gaussian modes is presented along with representative results for Co/sub 2/ laser industrial processing facilities.
- Research Organization:
- GMI Engineering and Management Institute, Science and Mathematics Department, 1700 West Third Avenue, Flint, Michigan 48502-2276
- OSTI ID:
- 6634680
- Journal Information:
- Appl. Opt.; (United States), Vol. 23:13
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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