Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 9, 20210966(2022)

Influence of solid-gas coupling thermal effect caused by stray light from laser window on beam quality

Yueting Zhang1,2, Yi Tan1,2, Jihong Wang1,2, Qi Peng1,2, and Zhikun Yang1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Optical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
  • 2Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
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    Figures & Tables(15)
    Irradiation diagram of window reflected stray light
    Simplified model of round pipe
    Numerical simulation of discretization model
    Temperature contour of pipe wall(a), and section(b), temperature cloud chart(c)
    OPD (a) and Zernike coefficients (b) of pipe outlet
    Temperature changing curve of different aluminum pipes
    Comparison of influence of different structures on temperature rise of pipe wall
    ΔT (a) and RMS of OPD (b) change curves with aluminum pipe thicknesses at t=30 s
    Temperature rise changing curves of three materials with equal thickness
    Temperature rise changing curves of three materials with equal mass
    ΔT changing curves of three materials with equal mass
    Ray tracing results of 8 mm (a) and 16 mm (b) thickness pipe
    Zernike coefficient of OPD in the outlet of 8 mm/16 mm pipe
    • Table 1. Material property

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      Table 1. Material property

      MaterialDensity/ kg·m−3Cp/J·kg−1·℃−1Heat conductivity/ W·m−1·℃−1
      Aluminium2700880237
      Copper8900390383
      Steel803050216
      Carbon fiber1500800800
    • Table 2. PV & RMS of wave aberration in the pipe outlet

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      Table 2. PV & RMS of wave aberration in the pipe outlet

      Thickness/mmMaterial & structureWave aberration in the 300 mm rangeβ
      PV/nmRMS/nm
      OriginalWithout piston and tiltOriginalWithout piston and tilt
      8Aluminium436.2186.534.917.61.0665
      16Aluminium33912321.411.51.0229
      8Aluminium+outside fins410.2213.930.121.21.0370
      8Aluminium+1 mm carbon film410.6152.833.115.11.0556
      8Copper379.3141.828.713.41.0415
      8Steel404.8188.430.216.51.0461
      2.4Copper624.8327.358.832.21.1863
      2.7Steel638.0399.354.935.21.1606
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    Yueting Zhang, Yi Tan, Jihong Wang, Qi Peng, Zhikun Yang. Influence of solid-gas coupling thermal effect caused by stray light from laser window on beam quality[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(9): 20210966

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers & Laser optics

    Received: Dec. 15, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2023

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210966

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