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I know that a plane wave's collimation is affected by the curvature of its wavefronts. But since laser beam is composed of many plane waves, does it still apply ? Although there is always some divergence, due to diffraction, does wavefront curvature have a huge difference in beam's collimation?

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Yes, most lasers have curved wave fronts. Many lasers are Gaussian.

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