Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 12, 1943(2020)

First experimental demonstration of coherent beam combining of more than 100 beams

Hongxiang Chang1, Qi Chang1, Jiachao Xi1, Tianyue Hou1, Rongtao Su1,2、*, Pengfei Ma1, Jian Wu1, Can Li1, Man Jiang1, Yanxing Ma1, and Pu Zhou1,3、*
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  • 1College of Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2e-mail: surongtao@126.com
  • 3e-mail: zhoupu203@163.com
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    Experiment setup.
    Structure of optical fiber connector. (a) Overall view. (b) Bottom view. (c) Sectional view. (d) Principle of operation for homemade connector.
    Long-exposure far-field pattern. (a) Measured in open loop. (b) Measured in close loop. (c) Simulated result.
    Normalized variation of energy in the pinhole in closed and open loops.
    (a) Frame of two adjoining spots. (b) Segmented spots and calculated centroids.
    Frequency histogram and fitting curve of relative tilt angles of (a) x1, (b) y1, (c) x2, and (d) y2.
    Scatter plot of beam spot 1 against beam spot 2 for (a) x-axis and (b) y-axis.
    (a) Normalized power of each channel. (b) Power measured of each channel.
    (a) Ideal far-field pattern. (b) Far-field pattern with N(0,2) distribution dynamic tilt errors. (c) Far-field pattern with N(0,2) distribution dynamic tilt errors and λ/22 piston phase errors. (d) Far-field pattern with dynamic tilt errors, phase errors, and power inconsistency. (e) Far-field pattern of experiment.
    • Table 1. Contributions Counting for the PIB Loss

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      Table 1. Contributions Counting for the PIB Loss

      ContributionsPIB Loss
      Dynamic tilt error26.4%
      Phase error0.7%
      Power inconsistency1.9%
      Others4.9%
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    Hongxiang Chang, Qi Chang, Jiachao Xi, Tianyue Hou, Rongtao Su, Pengfei Ma, Jian Wu, Can Li, Man Jiang, Yanxing Ma, Pu Zhou, "First experimental demonstration of coherent beam combining of more than 100 beams," Photonics Res. 8, 1943 (2020)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Sep. 9, 2020

    Accepted: Oct. 21, 2020

    Published Online: Dec. 1, 2020

    The Author Email: Rongtao Su (surongtao@126.com), Pu Zhou (zhoupu203@163.com)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.409788

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