This is a fairly extensive but not very carefully edited list of 300+ literature references that discuss or may be relevant to the concept of "laser beam quality", including its definition, calculation and measurement.
Corrections, additions, or suggestions to Prof. A. E. Siegman will be welcomed, and any other interested sites or organizations are invited to link to this page.
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H. Kogelnik, "Imaging of optical modes: resonators with internal lenses," Bell Sys. Tech. J. 44, 455-494 (March 1965).
D. A. Berkowitz, "Design of plane mirror systems," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55, 1464--1467 (November 1965).
A. G. Fox and T. Li, "Effect of gain saturation on the oscillating modes of optical masers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE--2, 774--783 (December 1966).
W. K. Kahn, "Unstable optical resonators," Appl. Opt. 5, 407--413 (March 1966).
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M. M. Popov, "Resonators for lasers with unfolded directions of principal curvatures," Optics and Spectroscopy 25, 213--217 (1968).
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J. A. Arnaud, "Modes of propagation of optical beams in helical gas lenses," Proc. IEEE 59, 1378--1379 (September 1971).
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M. Feldman, "Modes in general gaussian optical systems using quantum-mechanics formalism," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61, 446--449 (April 1971).
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P. M. Lapostolle, "Relations Energetiqes dans les Faisceaux Continus (Energetic Relations in Continuous Beams)," Report CERN-ISR-DI/71-6, (March 1971).
J. A. Arnaud, W. M. Hubbard, G. D. Mandeville, B. d. l. Claviere, E. A. Franke and J. M. Franke, "Technique for fast measurement of Gaussian laser beam parameters," Appl. Opt. 10, 2775-2776 (December 1971).
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P. M. Lapostolle, "Possible Emittance Increase through Filamentation due to Space Charge in Continuous Beams," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-18 (3) 1101-1104 (June 1971).
N. Levinos, "Spot size dependence on $m^2$," Technical Bulletin 171-2, Holobeam, Inc., Paramus NJ 07652. (1972?).
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B. R. Suydam, "Effect of refractive-index nonlinearity on the optical quality of high-power laser beams," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE--11, 225--230 (June 1975).
Y. Suzaki and A. Tachibana, "Measurement of the micron-sized radius of Gaussian laser beam using the scanning knife-edge," Appl. Opt. 14, 2809-2810 (December 1975).
J. D. Lawson, "Optical and Hydrodynamical Approaches to Charged Particle Beams," Plasma Physics 17 567-582 (1975).
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W. B. Bridges, "Divergence of high order Gaussian modes," Appl. Opt. 14, 2346-2347 (October 1975).
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L. W. Casperson, "Phase compensation of laser beam modes," Opt. Quantum Electron. 8, 537--544 (1976).
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L. W. Casperson, "Phase compensation of laser beam modes: II. Optimization techniques," Opt. Quantum Electron. 9, 499-507 (April 1977).
A. E. Siegman, "Effects of small-scale phase perturbations on laser oscillator beam quality," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE--13, 334--337 (May 1977).
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L. V. Koval'chuk, V. V. Sergeev and V. E. Sherstobitov, "Properties of a laser with an unstable resonator containing small-scale phase inhomogeneities," Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 9, 687--690 (June 1979).
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H. H. Arsenault, "The rotation of light fans by cylindrical lenses," Information Systems Laboratory, Stanford University,
N. Bareket, "Second moment of the diffraction point spread function as an image quality criterion," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69, 1311--1312 (September 1979).
E. F. Ishchenko and E. F. Reshetin, "Sensitivity to misalignment of an optical ring resonator with a focusing element," Optics and Spectroscopy 46, 202--207 (February 1979).
S. Nemoto and T. Makimoto, "Generalized spot size for a higher-order beam mode," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69, 578--580 (April 1979).
Y. A. Ananev, V. I. Kuprenyuk and V. E. Sherstobitov, "Properties of unstable resonators with field rotation. I. Theoretical principles," Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 9, 1105-1110 (September 1979).
N. Bareket and W. L. Wolfe, "Image chopping techniques for fast measurement of irradiance distribution parameters," Appl. Opt. 18, 389--392 (1 February 1979).
M. J. Bastiaans, "Wigner distribution function and its application to first order optics," J. Opt. Soc. Am 69, 1710-1716 (December 1979).
H. H. Arsenault, "A generalization of the principal plane concept and its application to matrix optics of nonsymmetrical systems,'' Optical Society of America Annual Meeting (October 1979).
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I. A. Deryugin, A. P. Pogibel'skii, N. D. Ustinov and I. A. Fedulov, "Spatial coherence of radiation emitted by a laser having a resonator filled with a randomly inhomogeneous medium," Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 10, 506--507 (April 1980).
M. R. Teague, "Optical calculation of irradiance moments," Appl. Opt. 19, 1353--1356 (15 April 1980).
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S. C. Pohlig, "Signal duration and the Fourier transform," Proc. IEEE 68, 629--630 (May 1990).
F. Gori, "Collett-Wolf sources and multimode lasers," Opt. Comm. 34, 301 (1980).
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V. N. Mahajan, "Strehl ratio for primary aberrations: some analytical results for circular and annular pupils," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 1258--1266 (September 1982).
M. Nazarathy and J. Shamir, "First order optics -- a canonical operator representation, lossless systems," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 356 (1982).
M. Nazarathy and J. Shamir, "First order optics: operator representation for systems with loss or gain," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 1398 (1982).
A. Starikov, "Effective number of degrees of freedom of partially coherent sources," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 1538--1544 (November 1982).
A. T. Friberg and R. J. Sudol, "Propagation parameters of gaussian Schell-model beams," Opt. Commun. 41, 383--387 (15 May 1982).
G. C. Lim and W. M. Steen, "Measurement of the temporal and spatial power distribution of a high-power CO$_2$ laser beam," Optics and Laser Technology ??, 149--153 (June 1982).
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G. Nemes, I. E. Teodorescu and M. Nemes, "(On the Phase Space Description of Optical and Particle Beams)," in Proceedings of the Third International School of Coherent Optics (CIP Press, 1983).
G. Nemes, I. E. Teodorescu and M. Nemes, "Phase Space Treatment of Optical Beams," Preprint LOP-43-84, Institute of Atomic Physics, Bucharest, Romania (January 1984).
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M. J. Bastiaans, "Uncertainty principle and informational entropy for partially coherent light," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 3, 1243--1246 (August 1986).
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M. J. Bastiaans, "Application of the Wigner distribution function to partially coherent light," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 3, 1227 (1986).
M. Uchida, H. Kawano and K. Asakwa, "Novel AlGaAs laser with high-quality mirror fabricated by reactive ion-beam etching and in-situ passivation using enclosed UHV processing system (abstract only)," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices ED--34, 2378--2379 (November 1987).
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J. R. Leger, G. J. Swanson and W. B. Veldkamp, "Coherent laser addition using binary phase gratings," Appl. Opt. 26, 4391--4399 (15 October 1987).
A. H. Paxton, "Unstable ring resonator with an intracavity prism beam expander," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE--23, 241--244 (February 1987).
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L. Qihong, H. Yunshen, D. Jinxing, D. Zean, W. Yunrong, D. Aizhen and G. Hongyi, "Effects of beam quality of XeCl excimer laser on Raman conversion efficiency in H/sub 2/.," Chinese Physics Lasers 15, 598--601 (20 Oct. 1988).
M. W. Sasnett, "Propagation of multimode laser beams: the $M^2$ factor," in The Physics and Technology of Laser Resonators (Adam Hilger, 1989).
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D. E. Novoseller and D. Botez, "Phase-locked laser array far-field normalization," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE--25, 1179--1181 (June 1989).
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C. J. Chang-Hasnain, M. Orenstein, A. Von Lehmen, L. T. Florez, J. P. Harbison and N. G. Stoffel, "Transverse mode characteristics of vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers," Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 218--220 (16 July 1990).
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R. P. Loce and R. E. Jodoin, "Sampling theorem for geometric moment determination and its application to a laser beam position detector," Appl. Opt. 29, 3835--3843 (10 September 1990).
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C. Yamanaka, T. Shimotsu, E. Fujiwara, Y. Izawa, T. Yamanaka and C. Yamanaka, "Beam quality improvement of a copper vapor laser by long pulse excitation and injection locking.," Review of Laser Engineering 18, 39--45 (January 1990).
D. F. Grevey, K. F. Badawi, J. P. Boquillon and B. Taisne, "Interest of beam quality in materials treatments by high power laser.," Journal de Physique IV 1, 167--170 (December 1991).
P. A. Belanger, "Beam propagation and the ABCD ray matrices," Opt. Lett. 16, 196--198 (15 February 1991).
W. A. Neuman and J. R. Fincke, "Beam quality of direct nuclear pumped laser amplifiers.," Journal of Applied Physics (15 May 1991) vol.69, no.10, p. 6789-98. 15 refs.
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J. Serna, R. Martinez-Herrero and P. M. Mejias, "Parametric characterization of general partially coherent beams propagating through $ABCD$ optical systems," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 8, 1094--1098 (July 1991).
P. Gavrilovic, F. N. Timofeev, T. Haw and J. E. Williams, "CW high power single-lobed far-field operation of long-cavity AlGaAs-GaAs single-quantum-well laser diodes grown by MOCVD," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE--27, 1859--1862 (July 1991).
M. W. Sasnett and T. F. Johnston, Jr., "Beam characterization and measurement of propagation attributes,'' in Laser Beam Diagnostics: Proc. SPIE 1414 (January 1991).
H. Weber, "Beam quality of high power solid state lasers," Internal Report, Festkorper-Laser-Institut, Berlin (March 1991).
M. L. Tilton, G. C. Dente, A. H. Paxton, J. Cser, R. K. DeFreez, C. E. Moeller and D. Depatie, "High power, nearly diffraction-limited output from a semiconductor laser with an unstable resonator," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE--27, 2098--2108 (September 1991).
B. Hafizi and P. Sprangle, "Diffraction effects in directed radiation beams," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 8, 705--717 (1991).
R. Martinez-Herrero and P. M. Mejias, "Beam characterization through active media," Opt. Commun. 85, 162--166 (1991).
M. C. Wu and e. al, "A periodic index separate confinement heterostructure quantum well laser," Appl. Phys. Lett. 59, 1046--1048 (26 August 1991).
A. H. Liang, "Relation between three mode-field radius definitions: $W_{rms}$, $W_L$, and $W_G$," Appl. Opt. 30, 5017--5018 (1 December 1991).
J. Alda, S. Wang and E. Bernabeu, "Analytical expression for the complex radius of curvature tensor $Q$ for generalized gaussian beams," Opt. Commun. 80, 350--353 (15 January 1991).
A. E. Siegman, "Defining the effective radius of curvature for a nonideal optical beam," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-27, 1146--1148 (May 1991).
P. Di Lazzaro, T. Letardi and C. E. Zheng, "Discharge medium uniformity influence on XeCl excimer laser beam quality.," Nuovo Cimento D 14D, 41--48 (January 1992).
B. Lu, S. Xu, Y. Hu and B. Cai, "Matrix representation of three-dimensional astigmatic resonators," Opt. Quantum Electron. 24, 619--630 (1992).
K. D. Hachfeld, "Laser Beam Quality and Brightness in Industrial Applications," in Industrial Laser Handbook (Springer-Verlag, 1992).
N. Hodgson and T. Haase, "Beam parameters, mode structure and diffraction losses of slab lasers with unstable resonators," Opt. Quantum Electron. 24, S903--S926 (September 1992).
H. Weber, "Propagation of higher-order intensity moments in quadratic-index media," Opt. Quantum Electron. 24, S1027--S1049 (September 1992).
M. J. Bastiaans, "ABCD law for partially coherent gaussian light, propagating through first-order optical systems," Opt. Quantum Electron. 24, S1011--S1019 (September 1992).
R. Martinez-Herrero, P. M. Mejias and G. Piquero, "Quality improvement of partially coherent symmetric-intensity beams caused by quartic phase distortions," Opt. Lett. 17, 1650--1652 (1 December 1992).
A. Caprara and G. C. Reali, "Time-resolved $M^2$ of nanosecond pulses from a $Q$-switched variable-reflectivity-mirror Nd:YAG laser," Opt. Lett. 17, 414--416 (15 March 1992).
A. Cutolo and L. Zeni, "Improvements to the diagnostics of beam quality in cw and pulsed laser systems," Opt. Commun. 89, 223--228 (1 May 1992).
A. Caprara and G. C. Reali, "Time varying $M^2$ in $Q$-switched lasers," Opt. Quantum Electron. 24, S1001--S1009 (September 1992).
A. Cutolo, F. Ferreri, T. Isernia, R. Pierri and L. Zeni, "Measurements of the waist and the power distribution across the transverse modes of a laser beam," Opt. Quantum Electron. 24, S963--S971 (September 1992).
K.-M. Du, G. Herziger, P. Loosen and F. Ruhl, "Measurement of the mode coherence coefficients," Opt. Quantum Electron. 24, S1119--S1127 (September 1992).
N. Hodgson, T. Haase, R. Kostka and H. Weber, "Determination of laser beam parameters with the phase space analyser," Opt. Quantum Electron. 24, S927--S949 (September 1992).
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T. F. Johnston, Jr., M. W. Sasnett, J.-l. Doumont and A. E. Siegman, "Laser beam quality versus aperture size in a cw argon-ion laser," Opt. Lett. 17, 198--200 (1 February 1992).
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