SOME HISTORICAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF BEAM QUALITY

被引:46
作者
WEBER, H [1 ]
机构
[1] FESTKORPER LASER INST BERLIN GMBH,BERLIN,GERMANY
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10.1007/BF01588590
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A survey is given on the various algorithms to describe the propagation of radiation fields in the paraxial approximation, starting with the Kirchhoff-Fresnel-Collins-integral and ending with the intensity moments and the generalized ABCD-law. The importance of characterizing beam quality for technical applications by suitable parameters is pointed out. The two competing definitions of beam parameters, intensity moments and power content values are discussed.
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页码:S861 / S864
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