Determination of beam width and quality for pulsed lasers using the knife-edge method

Instrumentation Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-52

  Bachmann, Luciano ^a   Zezell, Denise Maria ^a   Puig Maldonado, Edison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Knife edge; Laser; YLF

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; CHARACTERIZATION; INTEGRATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

KNIFE-EDGE METHOD;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0037297317     PISSN: 10739149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CI-120018406     Document Type: Article

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