Abstract
An analysis of the increase in the beam-propagation factor, , of a higher order transverse mode beam caused by quartic phase aberration after transmission through a spherically aberrated lens is reported. The analysis shows that for a given beam size, the increase in the parameter is less for a higher order transverse mode beam as compared to that for a diffraction limited beam. Experimental results using a multimode laser diode beam show good agreement with the theoretical results.
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