//Optoelectronics - An Introduction, 2nd Edition by J. Wilson and J.F.B. Hawkes //Example 6.4 //OS=Windows XP sp3 //Scilab version 5.5.2 clc; clear; //given //Let the focal length ratio of objective lens to eyepiece lens of a telescope be f2/f1 = 'f' f=30; Lambda=633e-9;//wavelength of the laser beam in m D=3e-3;//Diameter of the plasma tube in m Theta1=Lambda/D;//Divergence of the beam in radians mprintf("\n Theta1 = %.1e rad",Theta1); Theta2=Theta1/f;//Divergence of the beam after collimation in radians mprintf("\n Theta2 = %.1e rad",Theta2);