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In optics and especially laser science, the Rayleigh length or Rayleigh range is the distance along the propagation direction of a beam from the waist to the place where the area of the cross section is doubled. A related parameter is the confocal parameter, ''b'', which is twice the Rayleigh length.〔 The Rayleigh length is particularly important when beams are modeled as Gaussian beams. ==Explanation== For a Gaussian beam propagating in free space along the axis, the Rayleigh length is given by : where is the wavelength and is the beam waist, the radial size of the beam at its narrowest point. This equation and those that follow assume that the waist is not extraordinarily small; .〔Siegman (1986) p. 630.〕 The radius of the beam at a distance from the waist is : The minimum value of occurs at , by definition. At distance from the beam waist, the beam radius is increased by a factor and the cross sectional area by 2. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rayleigh length」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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