Abstract
The concepts of shape-invariance error (SIE) and shape-invariance range (SIR) have recently been introduced to specify in a quantitative way the shape changes suffered by a beam on propagation. Here such parameters are evaluated for the case of a fundamental Gaussian beam in the presence of a quartic aberration of its wave front. Numerical results are presented for the case of a collimated aberrated beam. Generalization to the case of noncollimated beams is also given.
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