While using Liu's method to estimate the Laser Induced Damage Thresholds of optical mirrors, a plot of damaged area versus logarithm of pulse energies (Liu's plot)yields a linear relation. The effective beam radius is extracted from the slope of the linear fit. What is the possible reason that the value of effective beam radius varies from sample to sample yet there is no variation in laser beam? The samples are placed at the focal point each time.

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