Beam propagation (M2) measurement made as easy as it gets: The four-cuts method

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 4840-4850

  Johnston, Thomas F ^a,b  

^a Olenellus Engineering   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0000954562     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.004840     Document Type: Article

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