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Laser welding. Power laser beams

Author: Roland CAZES

Publication date: October 10, 2001

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2. Gaussian beam characteristics

For lasers with a stable resonator 1.1 , the Gaussian beam constitutes a lower limit or diffraction limit. It provides simple expressions and very useful lessons in the general case of any stable beam; hence its interest in knowing the rules of propagation.

2.1 Cross-sectional characteristics

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