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The Photonics Quiz

Test yourself by solving a set of questions concerning laser technology, optical fibers, and nonlinear optics! The following questions are mostly solvable by using the RP Photonics Encyclopedia. Note that in some cases more than one answer is correct.

Question 1

A Gaussian laser beam is

(a) a beam with Gaussian intensity profile

(b) a beam with Gaussian intensity profile and plane wavefronts in the focus

(c) a beam with Gaussian intensity profile and plane wavefronts at any position

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