Title :
Measurement of the generalized laser beam cross section area
Author :
Kuzmichev, V.M. ; Polhil´ko, S.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiophys., Kharkov State Univ., Ukraine
Abstract :
A generalized area of the cross section of a laser beam with an arbitrary distribution of the optical power over the area of the beam cross section is an area of the cross section of an equivalent beam with a constant power density and the total power equal to that of the real beam. The aim of this paper is to validate the techniques for measuring the generalized area of laser beam with a grid-type measuring device containing thin-wire bolometer elements
Keywords :
bolometers; laser beams; laser variables measurement; power measurement; beam cross section area; constant power density; generalized laser beam; grid-type measuring device; optical power; thin-wire bolometer elements; Apertures; Area measurement; Bolometers; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Power distribution; Power lasers; Power measurement; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Physics and Engineering of Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves, 1998. MSMW '98. Third International Kharkov Symposium
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5553-9
DOI :
10.1109/MSMW.1998.755573
