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A spot size of a Gaussian beam defined on the basis of its intensity is found to be closely related to the equi-intensity curves. Based on this finding, a radial distance which is considered as a generalization of the spot size is defined for a higher-order beam mode with an axially symmetric intensity profile.
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Nemoto et al. (1979) studied this question.
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