title: Technique for measuring the beam shape of pulsed lasers.
abstract: A simple technique for the measurement of the beam shape parameters of pulsed lasers, with just a single pulse of the laser is described. It involves the use of several beam dividers inclined at very small angles to the beam axis, reflecting the beam back to a screen or a phosphor placed near the exit of the laser. The reflected images are then photographed by a camera to yield the beam parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoganarasimha
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Venkateshan
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Nagaraju