Study of the correspondence between flat-topped multi-Gaussian beams and super-Gaussian beams

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 509-513

  Lü, Baida ^a,b   Li, Binzhong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flat topped multi Gaussian beam (FMGB); M2 factor; Super Gaussian beam (SGB); Wigner distribution function

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; LASER OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

FLAT TOPPED MULTI GAUSSIAN BEAM; SUPER GAUSSIAN BEAM; WIGNER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 0036710260     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/4/5/304     Document Type: Article

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