Simple precision measurements of optical beam sizes

We present a simple precision-method to quickly and accurately measure the diameters of Gaussian beams, Airy spots, and central peak of Bessel beams ranging from the sub-millimeter to many centimeters without specialized equipment. Simply moving a wire through the beam and recording the relative los...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Mylonakis, Mikis, Pandey, Saurabh, Mavrakis, Kostas G, Drougakis, Giannis, Vasilakis, Georgios, Papazoglou, Dimitris G, Wolf von Klitzing
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 04.06.2019
Subjects
Beams (radiation)
Gaussian beams (optics)
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Physics - Optics
Recording
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Summary:We present a simple precision-method to quickly and accurately measure the diameters of Gaussian beams, Airy spots, and central peak of Bessel beams ranging from the sub-millimeter to many centimeters without specialized equipment. Simply moving a wire through the beam and recording the relative losses using an optical power meter, one can easily measure the beam diameters with a precision of 1%. The accuracy of this method has been experimentally verified for Gaussian beams down to the limit of a commercial slit-based beam profiler (3%).
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1906.04153