Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 48, Issue 13, 1301006(2021)

Method for Self-Correction of Annular Off-Axis Aberrations in Two-Stage Tube Laser Amplifiers

Jia Li, Boyu Tian, Jiangchuan Yu, and Bin Zhang*
Author Affiliations
  • College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu,Sichuan 610064, China
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    Schematic diagram of two-stage tube laser amplifier. (a) Production of annular aberration;(b) schematic diagram of tube laser structure
    Schematic diagram of configuration for correcting in two-stage tube laser amplifier with self-correction
    Comparison of the curves of β factor and far-field intensity distributions before and after self-correction.(a1)--(a8) Concentricity error; (b1)--(b8) parallelism error; (c1)--(c8) collimation error
    Intensity distribution with self-correction on the focal plane(Δθs=1 mrad)
    Wavefront aberration decomposition of tube laser. (a) Wavefront before correction;(b) wavefront after correction
    Schematic diagram of matching error of two-stage tubes
    Schematic diagram of right-angle conical reflector errors. (a) Translation error and rotation error; (b) taper error
    Curves of β factor and far-field intensity distributions after non-ideal cone lens compensation. (a) Translation errors; (b) rotation errors; (c) taper errors
    Wavefront aberration decomposition of tube laser. (a) Translation error is 10 μm; (b) rotation error is 10 mrad; (c) taper error is 20 μrad
    • Table 1. Comparison of self-correction effect before and after concentricity error

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      Table 1. Comparison of self-correction effect before and after concentricity error

      Δx /μmBefore correctionAfter correction
      Tube1Tube2βPV /μmβPV /μm
      0.3(X)0.3(X)4.1513.301.070.06
      0.3(X)0.3(Y)2.3310.001.070.06
      0.3(X)-0.3(X)1.080.081.00≈0
      0.5(Y)-0.5(Y)1.080.081.00≈0
      0.5(X)0.5(Y)5.9325.601.070.06
      0.5(X)-0.3(X)1.534.701.070.06
      0.5(X)-0.3(Y)2.4110.301.070.06
    • Table 2. Comparison of self-correction effect before and after parallelism error

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      Table 2. Comparison of self-correction effect before and after parallelism error

      Δx /μmBefore correctionAfter correction
      Tube1Tube2βPV /μmβPV /μm
      10(X)0(X)2.4710.51.070.06
      0(X)10(X)3.0714.21.110.12
      5(X)-5(X)2.208.91.100.11
      5(X)5(Y)6.0031.11.120.13
      5(X)-5(Y)6.0331.11.140.15
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    Jia Li, Boyu Tian, Jiangchuan Yu, Bin Zhang. Method for Self-Correction of Annular Off-Axis Aberrations in Two-Stage Tube Laser Amplifiers[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2021, 48(13): 1301006

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Nov. 9, 2020

    Accepted: Feb. 7, 2021

    Published Online: Jul. 1, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhang Bin (zhangbinff@sohu.com)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202148.1301006

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