High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 35, Issue 4, 041009(2023)
Performance of multi-frequency dithering algorithm in coherent beam combination
The principle of the multi-frequency dithering algorithm is analyzed. The 2-11 channel coherent combining system is simulated as a mathematical model based on the principle of wave optics. The dynamic noise model is introduced, and the root-mean-square (RMS) phase error of the totally combined beam is taken as the evaluation function. The effects of noise frequency and amplitude on the phase locking effect of coherent combining system with different arrays are analyzed. When the noise frequency or amplitude is very large, the algorithm can no longer compensate the phase noise, the phase locking will fail. It is proved that there is an optimal interval between the gain coefficient and the modulation amplitude and only within this interval can phase locking be completed quickly. By introducing the concept of effective bandwidth control, the phase-locking performance of the multi-frequency algorithm has been evaluated intuitively. The research shows that the effective control bandwidth is directly proportional to the sampling frequency and the first-way modulation frequency, and inversely proportional to the noise amplitude, and the effective control bandwidth decreases with the increase of array size.
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Heng Gao, Binglin Li, Yifeng Yang, Bing He. Performance of multi-frequency dithering algorithm in coherent beam combination[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(4): 041009
Category: Laser Beam Combining Technology
Received: Sep. 8, 2022
Accepted: Jan. 6, 2023
Published Online: Apr. 18, 2023
The Author Email: Yang Yifeng (yfyang@siom.ac.cn), He Bing (bryanho@siom.ac.cn)