Gaussian beam
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I have a theroretical laser at peak power of 100W. The beam is Gaussian with a 60 x 10 deg 1/e^2. When I profile the laser I get a radiant intensity of about 11Kw/sr at 90% power. Does this sound right? I first develop a gaussian plot using Igor-plots. Using the output of the plot I calculate deg-sq (60x10=600) then I multiply deg-sq by .000305 = .183sr. Power at 1/e^2 = 13.5W, 13.5W/.183sr= 73.8W/sr. I use this same math to generated close to the center of the beam. Does this look correct?

Sincerely
Mando
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