Laser Diodes - Photon Engineering
Example 4: M squared Laser Beam. The “M squared Laser Beam” source type models a laser based on its M 2 factor, also known as beam quality or beam propagation factor. The smallest possible value of M 2 is 1, and this specifies a Gaussian TEM 00 beam. Larger values of M 2 indicate a mix of higher order modes in the beam. To determine the mode composition of an M …