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beam quality factor: a standalone construct

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Laser physics

dimensionless number comparing how fast a real laser beam diverges relative to an ideal Gaussian beam of the same waist size.

In laser physics, beam quality factor refers to dimensionless number comparing how fast a real laser beam diverges relative to an ideal Gaussian beam of the same waist size. This meaning comes from Siegman (1990) in SPIE Proceedings.[1]

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References

Siegman, A. E. (1990). New developments in laser resonators. SPIE Proceedings, 1224. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18425

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