Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 10, Issue s2, S21405(2012)
Shaping laser diode beam into three rectangles by a DOE array to divide input wavefront
To resolve the variability of the intensity distribution and the divergence of the laser diode (LD) output beam in a beam shaping system, a diffractive optical element (DOE) array is proposed in LD beam shaping. This DOE array can divide the wavefront of input beam. All light diffracted by all DOE array units is super-positioned on the output plane, and the tolerance for the input beam is improved by this means. Using the above DOE array laser shaped method, three rectangles intensity distribution are realized from Gaussian beam with the diffraction efficiency of 90.5% and the uniformity of 96%. When the half divergence angle of the LD varies from 2o to 16o in slow and fast axis directions, respectively, the diffraction efficiency maintains to be approximate 90% and its uniformity is more than 95%. When the defocus of the lens to collimate LD beam varies from -32 to 32 \mu m, numerical experiments indicate that uniformity and the diffraction efficiency of the shaped beam by the DOE array do not vary.
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Zhendong Shi, Miaofeng Li, Jun Yao, Chongxi Zhou, "Shaping laser diode beam into three rectangles by a DOE array to divide input wavefront," Chin. Opt. Lett. 10, S21405 (2012)
Category: Lasers and Laser Optics
Received: Apr. 5, 2012
Accepted: Jul. 23, 2012
Published Online: Dec. 6, 2012
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