Volume 60, Number 11, 2010¸ 11 Z 4, pp. 1216∼1219
New Physics: Sae Mulli (The Korean Physical Society), DOI: 10.3938/NPSM.60.1216
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Degradation in the M 2 Factor of a Laser Beam by a Spherically Aberrated Optical Surface
Soo Chang ∗
Department of Physics, Hannam University, Taejon 306-791 (Received 1 September, 2010 : accepted 15 November, 2010)
We analyze the degradation in the M
2factor of a laser beam caused by an optical surface.
By applying a Fresnel-Kirchhoff diffraction integral, we first formulate the complex source-point spherical wave (CSPSW) diffracted through a spherical surface. Since the CSPSW is equivalent to the sum of all the higher-order corrections to a paraxial laser beam, terms of up to fourth order in the aperture variables are taken into account. We then find a ray-optical solution for the diffracted beam in terms of the coefficient of spherical aberration. Based on the ray-optical solution, we numerically evaluate the M
2factor of the aberrated beam. We show that the M
2factor increases rapidly with increasing incident beam radius and curvature of the surface.
PACS numbers: 42.30.Va
Keywords: Complex source point, Gaussian beam, Spherical aberration, M
2factor
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