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- What do you mean by beam divergence?
- How do you find the divergence of a beam?
- What is the reason for laser beam divergence?
- How do you reduce divergence in a beam?
What do you mean by beam divergence?
In electromagnetics, especially in optics, beam divergence is an angular measure of the increase in beam diameter or radius with distance from the optical aperture or antenna aperture from which the beam emerges. The term is relevant only in the "far field", away from any focus of the beam.
How do you find the divergence of a beam?
θ = w2 − w1 d The divergence of a laser beam is proportional to its wavelength and inversely proportional to the diameter of the beam at its narrowest point.
What is the reason for laser beam divergence?
Laser beams diverge because they would require an infinitely thin and long cavity of atoms emitting photons in resonance along one single direction to get a collimated beam on an infinite distance.
How do you reduce divergence in a beam?
By expanding the beam within the system, the input diameter is increased by a factor of MP, reducing the divergence by a factor of MP. When the beam is focused down to a small spot, the spot is a factor of MP smaller than that of an unexpanded beam for an ideal, diffraction-limited spot.
