Pulsar star. The neutron star retains most of its angular momentum, and since it has only a tiny fraction of its progenitor's radius (and therefore its moment of inertia is sharply reduced), it is formed with very high rotation speed. A beam of radiation is emitted along the magnetic axis of the pulsar, which spins along with the rotation of the neutron star. The magnetic axis of the pulsar determines the direction of the electromagnetic beam, with the magnetic axis not necessarily being the same as its rotational axis. This misalignment causes the beam to be seen once for every rotation
Laser beam quality as shown in the figure. However, when a multimode beam is focused, Equation (3) becomes M cannot be determined from a single beam profile measurement. The ISO/DIS 11146 define that M should be calculated from a series of measurements as shown in the figure below. M is measured on real beams by focusing the beam with a fixed position lens of known focal length, and then measuring the characteristics of the beam waist and divergence. These measurements can be taken with a laser beam profiler. The multiple measurements ensure that the minimum beam diameter is found and enable a "curve