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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 27.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE J Sel Top Quantum Electron. 2009 Dec 15;16(4):863–869. doi: 10.1109/jstqe.2009.2035362

TABLE I.

Calculated Spot Size and Working Distance Before and After the Correction of the Cylindrical Astigmatism

Spot size (Longitude × Azimuth) @ focal position
With glass tube (250-μm inner diameter, 340-μm outer diameter) 17 μm × 42 μm @ L focus: 650 μm
88 μm × 34 μm @ A focus: 1020 μm
Fill the inner tube with index matching fluid and flatten the outer surface 17 μm × 22 μm @ L focus: 650 μm
20 μm × 17 μm @ A focus: 610 μm

L: longitudinal direction; A: azimuthal direction.