Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 36, Issue 5, 1097(2009)
Study of the Beam Shaping of Laser Diode Arrays Using Two Parallel Plane Mirrors
In order to achieve high brightness fiber-coupled output of diode laser array, a simple but efficient system was designed. Firstly, the output beam from a laser diode arrays (LDA) was collimated by fast and slow axis collimation module. Secondly, the collimated beam in the slow axis was divided into 4 parts (any other amount of the divided parts if needed) by the beam-shaping set of two parallel plane mirrors, and then reordered in the fast axis. Finally, the shaped beams were focused into a fiber (600 μm, NA=0.37) by a focusing lens. The beam-shaping efficiency was 98.87%, and the total system efficiency was 77.2%. This beam-shaping system is simple but effective and useful.
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Wang Cuiluan, Han Lin, Wu Peng, Liu Yuanyuan, Li Wei, Feng Xiaoming, Wang Yonggang, Liu Suping, Ma Xiaoyu. Study of the Beam Shaping of Laser Diode Arrays Using Two Parallel Plane Mirrors[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2009, 36(5): 1097