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Generalized beam quality factor of aberrated truncated Gaussian laser beams

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Abstract

We outline a theory for the calculation of the beam quality factor of an aberrated laser beam. We provide closed-form equations that show that the beam quality factor of an aberrated Gaussian beam depends on all primary aberrations except tilt, defocus, and x-astigmatism. The model is verified experimentally by implementing aberrations as digital holograms in the laboratory.

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Corrections

Cosmas Mafusire and Andrew Forbes, "Generalized beam quality factor of aberrated truncated Gaussian laser beams: erratum," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 33, 1111-1111 (2016)
https://opg.optica.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?uri=josaa-33-6-1111

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