The Paraxial Gaussian Beam tool allows me to specify an M^2 (beam quality factor) value for the beam. The POPD operand allows me to measure the M^2 of any field that the Physical Optics Propagation tool (POP) can generate, but there’s no way to generate a specific M^2 value for a POP beam. Why is this, and what can I do about it?
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