Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 52, Issue 11, 1105003(2025)

Study on Beam Quality Degradation and Correction Characteristics of Fiber Array Spectral Beam Combining System

Zhihui Li1, Kai Zhang1, Wuli Hu1, Mingxia Feng2, Kai Jia2, Zheqiang Zhong1、*, and Bin Zhang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Sichuan , China
  • 2Southwest Institute of Technical Physics, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan , China
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    Figures & Tables(14)
    SBC system based on AO
    Schematic diagrams of MDG. (a) Schematic diagram of MDG structure; (b) schematic diagram of MDG with thermal deformation, where Δτ(x) is thermal deformation generated at different grating positions
    Calculating optical path difference with multi-software co-programming introduced by grating thermal deformation
    Finite element model of MDG
    Distributions of temperature and thermal deformation of MDG. (a) Temperature distribution of MDG; (b) thermal deformation distribution of MDG; (c) maximum temperature of MDG versus power density of incident laser; (d) thermal deformation of MDG versus power density of incident laser
    Structure of inner optical path and finite element model. (a) Structure diagram; (b) finite element model
    Incident light intensity, temperature and heat source distributions in inner optical path. (a) Normalized intensity distribution of incident light; (b) temperature distribution of fluid field in internal optical path; (c) heat source distribution of fluid field in internal optical path
    Distributions of optical path differences. (a) Distribution of optical path difference caused by gas; (b) distribution of optical path difference caused by reflector; (c) distribution of optical path difference of inner optical path
    Intensity distributions of far-field light before and after correction with AO under influence of single factor. (a) Directional deviation; (b) linewidth widening and divergence angle; (c) thermal effect of MDG; (d) thermal effect of inner optical path
    β factors before and after correction with AO under influence of single factor. (a) Non-common path phase perturbation; (b) thermal effect of MDG; (c) thermal effect of inner optical path
    Correction effects with AO considering whole-link imperfection factors
    Decomposition of wavefront aberrations of center sub-beams before and after correction considering whole-link imperfection factors. (a) σ1=25 μm, σ2=0.5 mrad, P1=500 kW/cm2; (b) σ1=25 μm, σ2=0.5 mrad, P1=1000 kW/cm2; (c) σ1=25 μm, σ2=2 mrad, P1=1000 kW/cm2
    • Table 1. Simulation parameters of SBC system

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      Table 1. Simulation parameters of SBC system

      ParameterValueParameterValue
      Number of sub-beams7Grating constant /mm-1960
      Central wavelength /nm1064Focal length of transform lens /mm100
      Beam waist radius /μm150Diffraction order+1
      Distance between adjacent lasers /μm500Incident angle50°
    • Table 2. Comparison of correction effects with AO

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      Table 2. Comparison of correction effects with AO

      No.12345678
      Position displacement /μm2525252525252525
      Directional deviation /mrad0.511.520.511.52
      Divergence angle /mrad22222222
      Power density /(kW·cm-25005005005001000100010001000
      β before correction1.72.22.83.32.22.73.23.5
      β after correction1.11.51.92.31.41.82.22.4
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    Zhihui Li, Kai Zhang, Wuli Hu, Mingxia Feng, Kai Jia, Zheqiang Zhong, Bin Zhang. Study on Beam Quality Degradation and Correction Characteristics of Fiber Array Spectral Beam Combining System[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2025, 52(11): 1105003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Beam transmission and control

    Received: Jan. 31, 2025

    Accepted: Mar. 18, 2025

    Published Online: Jun. 14, 2025

    The Author Email: Zheqiang Zhong (zheqiangzhong@scu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL250509

    CSTR:32183.14.CJL250509

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