Article | REF: AF3460 V1

Particle scattering of laser beams

Authors: Gérard GOUESBET, Gérard GRÉHAN

Publication date: July 10, 1998, Review date: July 1, 2015

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2. Description of laser beams

2.1 Basic description of Gaussian beams

Elementary structure of a Gaussian beam
Figure 2  -  Elementary structure of a Gaussian beam

Consider a so-called Gaussian laser beam (i.e. operating in the fundamental TEM 00 mode),...

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