Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 30, Issue 1, 38(2022)

Laser beam splitting and high precision pointing adjustment system

Zhangjun WANG1,*... Wentao HUANG2, Feng ZHANG1, Xianxin LI1, Xuewu CHENG3, Yang YU1, Boyang XUE1 and Chao CHEN1 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Qingdao26600, China
  • 2Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai0010, China
  • 3Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan40000, China
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    A three-directional laser beam splitting system with high precision pointing adjustment iwas developed, including its hardware and software. This laser beam pointing control of sodium fluorescent Doppler lidar facilitated obtaining quick and accurate signals for long distance observation. Based on the design requirements of the optical system, the physical and mechanical characteristics of the beam splitter and reflector were presented. An angular stroke of 1.18° can be achieved using six high-precision stepper motors combined with six high-precision optical 2-D adjusting frames, with an adjustment precision of 1.1', and the success rate of repeated positioning is 99.3%. The experimental results meet the precision requirements of the high energy laser emitting system. According to the performance requirements of the system, the laser energy loss is 11.6% after the beam splitter, which meets the laser energy emission requirements of sodium fluorescent Doppler lidar. A set of control software for the system was written to support remote automatic control of the laser lidar.

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    Zhangjun WANG, Wentao HUANG, Feng ZHANG, Xianxin LI, Xuewu CHENG, Yang YU, Boyang XUE, Chao CHEN. Laser beam splitting and high precision pointing adjustment system[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2022, 30(1): 38

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    Paper Information

    Category: Modern Applied Optics

    Received: May. 28, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 20, 2022

    The Author Email: WANG Zhangjun (zhangjun.wang@hotmail.com)

    DOI:10.37188/OPE.20223001.0038

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