Chinese Optics, Volume. 18, Issue 3, 520(2025)

Rapid simulation and phase distortion evaluation of thermal blooming effect in internal laser propagation channels

Dong-yu WU1,2, Xiang LI1,3、*, Jia-sheng LI3, Liang GAO1,3, Yan-song SONG1,3, Si WANG3, and Ke-yan DONG1,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Space Ophotoelectronics Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
  • 2School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
  • 3School of OptoElectronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
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    Figures & Tables(22)
    Schematic diagram of point positions within the L-type light-passing region
    Schematic diagram of optical path equivalence
    Schematic diagram of computational unit division
    Analysis model of light propagation channel. (a) Simplified model of light propagation channel; (b) optical path model
    Energy distribution diagram of the beam used in the study
    Meshing model of the fluid region
    Temperature distribution after 3 seconds of light propagation
    Density equivalent model calculation process diagram. (a) Initial density distribution; (b) density distribution after 3 seconds of light propagation; (c) density nodes of the original model; (d) density nodes of the equivalent mode
    Calculation time and results with different numbers of unidirectional micro-elements
    Computed beam phase difference distribution
    Beam wavefront aberration calculated by (a) the model and (b) the self-developed program
    Comparison of Zernike polynomials
    Schematic of L-type region
    Temperature distribution after 5 seconds
    Zernike coefficients from the 3rd to the 15th terms
    Variation of the main Zernike terms
    (a) Defocus and (b) spherical aberration changes over 5 seconds
    Gravitational force direction diagram
    Phase variation distribution under different
    Relationship between gravity component and phase difference
    • Table 1. Medium parameters

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      Table 1. Medium parameters

      Parameter TypeParameter Value
      Density/(kg·m−3)1.17
      Specific Heat at Constant Pressure/(J·kg−1·K−1)1006
      Specific Heat at Constant Volume/(J·kg−1·K−1)718
      Viscosity/(10−5 Pa·s)1.81
      Thermal Conductivity/(W·m−1·K−1)0.0257
    • Table 2. Physical properties of Helium

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      Table 2. Physical properties of Helium

      Parameter TypeParameter Value
      Density/(kg·m−3)1.138
      Specific heat at constant pressure/(J·kg−1·K−1)1040.67
      Viscosity/(10−5 Pa·s)1.66
      Thermal conductivity/(W·m−1·K−1)0.0242
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    Dong-yu WU, Xiang LI, Jia-sheng LI, Liang GAO, Yan-song SONG, Si WANG, Ke-yan DONG. Rapid simulation and phase distortion evaluation of thermal blooming effect in internal laser propagation channels[J]. Chinese Optics, 2025, 18(3): 520

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special Column on Space-based Gravitational Wave Detection

    Received: Jul. 24, 2024

    Accepted: Nov. 14, 2024

    Published Online: Jun. 16, 2025

    The Author Email: Xiang LI (abelfeel@163.com)

    DOI:10.37188/CO.EN-2024-0022

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