Contents The Analyze Tab (sequential ui mode) » Laser and Fibers Group » About Physical Optics Propagation » Quantitative Beam Analysis » Centroid LocationsPrint page Centroid Locations The beam centroid is given by: where I(x, y) is the irradiance of the beam. Next: Beam Width and M-Squared « Peak Irradiance and Total PowerBeam Width and M-Squared »