Moment characterization of the position stability of laser beams

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2870, Issue , 1996, Pages 206-215

  Morin, M ^a   Levesque, M ^a   Mailloux, A ^a   Galarneau, P ^a  

^a INO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laser beam characterization; Pointing stability; Position stability

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL ENGINEERING;

FINITE TIME INTERVALS; FIRST-ORDER MOMENTS; LASER BEAM CHARACTERIZATION; LASER BEAM PROFILE; MONOCHROMATIC LASERS; POINTING STABILITY; POSITION STABILITY; SECOND ORDER MOMENT;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0005926565     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.259899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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