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The Wigner distribution function applied to laser radiation

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The Wigner distribution function (WDF) is investigated analytically and then calculated numerically and represented graphically for Laguerre-Gaussian modes and for a laser with annular gain medium. The derivation of the normalized beam qualityM 2 from the WDF on the basis of second order moments is discussed, andM 2 is determined for the examples mentioned above.

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Gase, R. The Wigner distribution function applied to laser radiation. Opt Quant Electron 24, S1109–S1118 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01588609

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