LIU Wei-ping (刘伟平)1，Igor Lyuboshenko2
(1. Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China;2. Phase View Co., Palaiseau 91120, France)
Abstract：Different methods of measuring a propagating laser beam quality are summarized. The disadvantages in traditional way in measuring a laser beam quality is analyzed and the insufficiencies of the Shack-Hartmannin method which is commonly using wave front technique at present is pointed out. Finally, the transmission intensity equation based (TIE-based) measuring way in a laser beam quality evaluation and the corresponding advantages are discussed, which is believed to be a developing trend in laser beam evaluation.
Key words：laser beam; quality measurement; wave front technique; M2 factor; transmission intensity equation (TIE)
CLD number： TN249 Document code： A
Article ID： 1674-8042(2013)01-0083-06 doi： 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8042.2013.01.018
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