Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 53, Issue 2, 20230587(2024)

Design method of beam shaping system for double free-form surfaces based on Virtual Surface Iteration method

Quanjin Zhu1,2,3,4, Haotong Ma1,2,3,4, Bingxu Chen1,2,3, Yingqi Xing1,2,3, Junjie Lin1,2,3, and Yi Tan1,2,3,4
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Optical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
  • 3Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
  • 4University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Figures & Tables(14)
    Schematic diagram of a coaxial double free-form beam shaping system
    Grid diagram of energy mapping between the input beam and output beam
    (a) Schematic diagram of solving adjacent points on the free-form surface; (b) Schematic diagram of solving all discrete points of the free-form surface
    The difference between the virtual surface and the free-form surface in the design process of a double free-from beam shaping system
    Schematic diagram of the off-axis two-mirror beam shaping system
    (a) Influence of the beam amplification ratio on the misalignment; (b) Influence of the axial distance between two free-form surfaces on the misalignment
    Diagram of the virtual surface iteration process
    Misalignment decreases with the number of iterations
    (a) Ray tracing simulation diagram of a system designed by the Single Virtual Surface method; (b) Ray tracing simulation diagram of a system designed by the VSI method; (c) Simulation diagram of the irradiance of the target surface of the system designed by the Single Virtual Surface method; (d) Simulation diagram of the irradiance of the target surface of the system designed by the VSI method
    (a) Comparison diagram of misalignment of beam shaping system with different beam amplification ratios designed by the two methods; (b) Comparison diagram of misalignment of beam shaping system with different axial distances designed by the two methods
    (a) Ray tracing simulation diagram of the off-axis two-mirror beam shaping system designed by the Single Virtual Surface method; (b) Ray tracing simulation diagram of the off-axis two-mirror beam shaping system designed by the VSI method; (c) Simulation diagram of the irradiance of the target surface of the off-axis two-mirror beam shaping system designed by the Single Virtual Surface method; (d) Simulation diagram of the irradiance of the target surface of the off-axis two-mirror beam shaping system designed by the VSI method
    Comparison diagram of misalignment of beam shaping system with different distances between optical axes designed by the two methods
    • Table 1. Simulation results of beam shaping systems with different beam amplification ratios designed by the two methods

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      Table 1. Simulation results of beam shaping systems with different beam amplification ratios designed by the two methods

      Beam amplification ratioSingle Virtual Surface methodVirtual Surface Iteration method
      Irradiance uniformityEnergy efficiencyIrradiance uniformityEnergy efficiency
      195.79%99.804%96.25%99.804%
      1.595.24%99.809%96.23%99.81%
      295.22%96.619%95.80%99.821%
      2.594.03%92.951%95.76%99.817%
      392.64%90.859%95.57%99.798%
    • Table 2. Simulation results of beam shaping systems with different axial distances designed by the two methods

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      Table 2. Simulation results of beam shaping systems with different axial distances designed by the two methods

      Axial distance/mmSingle Virtual Surface methodVirtual Surface Iteration method
      Irradiance uniformityEnergy efficiencyIrradiance uniformityEnergy efficiency
      5090.56%92.201%96.18%99.801%
      6092.75%97.541%95.86%99.794%
      7094.59%99.772%95.34%99.788%
      8095.20%99.780%95.64%99.826%
      9095.30%99.820%95.79%99.823%
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    Quanjin Zhu, Haotong Ma, Bingxu Chen, Yingqi Xing, Junjie Lin, Yi Tan. Design method of beam shaping system for double free-form surfaces based on Virtual Surface Iteration method[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2024, 53(2): 20230587

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    Received: Oct. 19, 2023

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    Published Online: Mar. 27, 2024

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20230587

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