Elegant Laguerre-Gaussian beams and their properties
- Received Date: 2000-05-30
- Accepted Date: 2000-07-06
- Available Online: 2001-07-25
Abstract: The elegant Laguerre-Gaussian(L-G) beams and their propagation properties are studied in detail using the propagation equation derived from the generalized Huygens-Fresnel diffraction integral. The beam propagation factor(M2 factor) and power in the bucket(PIB) are used to characterize beam quality,a comparison of the beam quality of elegant and standard L-G beams is made and the results are analyzed.