ABCD 4.1

ABCD Gaussian Beam Propagation is an application that calculates the various properties of a laser beam propagating through simple optical elements. It displays the beam and the optical setup in a graphical window that can be manipulated by the user. A table shows the values at all points, they can be copied and used in plotting applications.

Features:

•User-defined inputs (wavelength, radius of curvature, size) and M-square (i.e. multimode equivalence)

• Calculate propagation through free space, dielectrics, lenses and mirrors. Use toolbars to add elements.

• Calculate eigenmodes of a laser resonator

• Obtain the beam size, radius of curvature, waist size, waist position, and Rayleigh range at any point.

•Copy and paste values (radius, beam size) into your own plotting program

•Copy the physical appearance of the setup as a PDF

•All calculations are performed using the ray matrix formalism (i.e. ABCD matrices) and therefore make the paraxial approximation.