Analysis of Partially Coherent Beam Smoothing

Ziang Chen; Xiaoqi Zhang; Yanli Zhang; Jianhao Tang; Ruifeng Wang; Jianqiang Zhu

doi:10.3788/CJL240656

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 22, 2201011(2024)

Analysis of Partially Coherent Beam Smoothing

Ziang Chen^1,2, Xiaoqi Zhang^1、**, Yanli Zhang^1、***, Jianhao Tang^1,3, Ruifeng Wang¹, and Jianqiang Zhu^1、*

¹National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China

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Paper Information

Category: laser devices and laser physics

Received: Mar. 6, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 19, 2024

Published Online: Nov. 15, 2024

The Author Email: Zhang Xiaoqi (skcheung@siom.ac.cn), Zhang Yanli (zhangyl@siom.ac.cn), Zhu Jianqiang (jqzhu@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/CJL240656

CSTR:32183.14.CJL240656

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

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