Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 8, Issue 1, 45(2010)
Flat-top laser beam generated by coherent beam combining of Gaussian lasers
We present a flat-top laser beam generation scheme using coherent beam combining of hexagonally arranged Gaussian lasers. To produce a beam with a flat-top profile, we optimize the amplitude and phase of each unit laser using the least-square method. Simulation results show that with 13 unit lasers, a beam with the flatness of less than 1% in the optimizing region can be achieved. The main lobe contains over 95% of the total power. The scheme requires no external beam shaping element and has the potential to be designed for high-power applications.
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Kun Gao, Lixin Xu, Rui Zheng, Guoliang Chen, Huan Zheng, Hai Ming, "Flat-top laser beam generated by coherent beam combining of Gaussian lasers," Chin. Opt. Lett. 8, 45 (2010)
Received: Mar. 4, 2009
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Published Online: Mar. 1, 2010
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