Abstract
We demonstrate motion-free beam quality measurements of stigmatic, simple astigmatic, and general astigmatic (twisted) beams using only a focus-tunable liquid lens and a CCD camera. We extend the variable-focus technique to the characterization of general astigmatic beams by measuring the 10 second-order moments of the power density distribution for the twisted beam produced by passage through multimode optical fiber. Our method measures the same values as the traditional variable-distance method for a wide range of laser beam sources, including nearly () and general astigmatic multimode beams (). The method is simple and compact, with no moving parts or complex apparatus and measurement precision comparable to the standard variable-distance method.
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