High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Volume. 6, Issue 1, 010000e5(2018)

Single lens sensor and reference for auto-alignment

Shun-Xing Tang, Ya-Jing Guo, Dai-Zhong Liu, Lin Yang, Xiu-Qing Jiang, Zeng-Yun Peng, and Bao-Qiang Zhu
Author Affiliations
  • Joint Laboratory of High Power Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Scheme of the single lens alignment sensor and reference.
    Experimental setup using sensor for alignment.
    Laser beam profile for alignment.
    Near-field plus far-field alignment image captured by the sensor.
    Near-field and far-field center changes as mirror is adjusted in different horizontal directions ($x+/x-$).
    (a) Initial alignment image; (b) alignment image after first alignment process; (c) alignment image after second alignment process.
    • Table 1. Correlation between sensor parameters and alignment concerned specifications.

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      Table 1. Correlation between sensor parameters and alignment concerned specifications.

      ItemCorrelationSymbol implication
      $D_{c}$$D_{c}^{+}(f-2d/n)\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}_{c}$f$ – focal length of lens$D$ – diameter of lens; $d$ – thickness of plate$M$ – size in pixels of camera$A$ – beam aperture; $D_{c}$ – near-field tolerance (max deviation from reference)
      $R_{\text{NF}}$$fR_{c}/(2dDA)$$n$ – refractive index
      $\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}_{c}$$D_{c}+(f-2d/n)\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}_{c}$r_{1}$ – reflectivity at front side of plate$R_{\text{NF}}$ – position alignment accuracy$\unicode[STIX]{x1D703}_{c}$ – far-field tolerance (max deviation from reference)
      $R_{\text{FF}}$$R_{c}/f.$$r_{2}$ – reflectivity at rear side of plate
      Contrast$r_{1}r_{2}[dA^{2}/(1.22\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}f^{2})]^{2}=1{-}20^{\ast }$$\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}$ – wavelength of laser beam$R_{\text{FF}}$ – pointing angle alignment accuracy
      $R_{c}$ – pixel size of camera
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    Shun-Xing Tang, Ya-Jing Guo, Dai-Zhong Liu, Lin Yang, Xiu-Qing Jiang, Zeng-Yun Peng, Bao-Qiang Zhu. Single lens sensor and reference for auto-alignment[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2018, 6(1): 010000e5

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    Paper Information

    Special Issue: FOCUS ON NATIONAL LABORATORY OF HIGH POWER LASER AND PHYSICS, SIOM

    Received: Nov. 13, 2017

    Accepted: Dec. 19, 2017

    Published Online: Jul. 2, 2018

    The Author Email: Ya-Jing Guo (gracegg@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1017/hpl.2017.39

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