Gaussianbeampropagation simulation

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The figure shows the evolution of the beam radius around the focus and also the curvature of the wavefronts, which is weak near and very far from the beam focus.

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Gaussianbeamq parameter

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is the Rayleigh length (or Rayleigh range) calculated from the beam radius w0at the beam focus. The beam radius evolves according to

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One question of particular interest in the measurement of x-ray imaging optics for space telescopes concerns the characteristics of the point spread function (PSF) in orbit and the focal length for an infinite source distance. In order to measure such a PSF, a parallel x-ray beam with a diameter of several centimeters to meters is required. For this purpose a large area transmission x-ray zone plate (ZP) for collimating x-ray beams has been designed, built, and tested. Furthermore we present a setup to determine large-scale aberrations of the collimated beam. From x-ray measurements we obtain an upper limit for the angular resolution of ±0.2 arc sec and a first-order diffraction efficiency of ≈13%. These results show that it is possible to use a ZP as a collimator for the PANTER x-ray test facility.

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During propagation in a homogenous medium, a Gaussian beam stays Gaussian, only its parameters (beam radius, wavefront curvature radius, etc.) change. The same holds for propagation through thin lenses or for reflection at weakly curved mirrors. These properties give Gaussian beams an important role in optics, including the physics of optical resonators. Even for distinctly non-Gaussian beams, there is a generalization of Gaussian beam propagation (involving the so-called M2 factor) that can be widely used. However, Gaussian beam propagation breaks down for very strongly divergent beams (thus also for very tightly focused beams), as the analysis is based on the socalled paraxial approximation, which is then violated.

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One question of particular interest in the measurement of x-ray imaging optics for space telescopes concerns the characteristics of the point spread function (PSF) in orbit and the focal length for an infinite source distance. In order to measure such a PSF, a parallel x-ray beam with a diameter of several centimeters to meters is required. For this purpose a large area transmission x-ray zone plate (ZP) for collimating x-ray beams has been designed, built, and tested. Furthermore we present a setup to determine large-scale aberrations of the collimated beam. From x-ray measurements we obtain an upper limit for the angular resolution of ±0.2 arc sec and a first-order diffraction efficiency of ≈13%. These results show that it is possible to use a ZP as a collimator for the PANTER x-ray test facility.

Here, r is the distance from the beam axis, z is the coordinate along the propagation direction, w(z) is the so-called Gaussian beam radius, and φ(z,r) is a term describing the phase evolution along the beam as well as the curvature of the wavefronts:

Jianpeng Liu, Jinhai Shao, Sichao Zhang, Yaqi Ma, Nit Taksatorn, Chengwen Mao, Yifang Chen, Biao Deng, and Tiqiao Xiao Appl. Opt. 54(32) 9630-9636 (2015)

Lasers often generate so-called Gaussian beams, where the transverse profile of the beam's electric field distribution can be described with a Gaussian function:

The equation shows that the beam parameter product (BPP), defined as the product of beam waist radius w0 and the divergence angle, is λ / π and thus independent of w0. In fact, a Gaussian beam has the smallest possible (diffraction limited) BPP, which can be interpreted as the highest possible beam quality.