Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 7, 0704002(2022)

Laser Far-Field Focal Spot Measurement Method Based on Multistep Phase Retrieval

Xiaoyi Chen1,2, Yaxuan Duan1、*, Zhengzhou Wang1, Suochao Yuan1, and Zhengshang Da1、**
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  • 1Advanced Optical Instrument Research Department, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710119, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Conclusions

    This paper proposes a laser far-field focal spot measurement method based on multistep phase retrieval. The effectiveness of the method is verified through theoretical simulation and experiments. The theoretical simulation results show that the near-field complex amplitude and far-field focal spot of lasers are effectively retrieved. Additionally, the PIB curves of the theoretical and retrieved focal spots are coincident. Moreover, the experimental results show that the profile of the retrieved phase is consistent with that of the theoretical phase loaded using SLM. Therefore, the retrieved and theoretical focal spots have the same distribution of the main lobe. However, there is a small difference in the side lobes because the optical components introduce small aberrations, and the surfaces of these optical components will interfere with each other. The side lobe information of focal spots using the long-focal-length lens imaging method is lost because of the limited dynamic response range in CCD. Therefore, the proposed method has higher precision of laser far-field focal spot than the traditional long-focal-length lens imaging method. The results show that the proposed method can provide a technical means for the high-precision measurement of laser far-field focal spots.

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    Xiaoyi Chen, Yaxuan Duan, Zhengzhou Wang, Suochao Yuan, Zhengshang Da. Laser Far-Field Focal Spot Measurement Method Based on Multistep Phase Retrieval[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(7): 0704002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Measurement and metrology

    Received: Jul. 20, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 2, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 25, 2022

    The Author Email: Duan Yaxuan (duanyaxuan@opt.ac.cn), Da Zhengshang (dazhengshang@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202249.0704002

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