High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 35, Issue 4, 041001(2023)
Review of optical phased array technology and its applications
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Fig. 10. 4 kW fiber laser coherent beam combining by Lincoln Lab. MIT
Fig. 11. One-dimensional liquid crystal optical phased array by Raytheon
Fig. 12. Wide-angle 1D liquid crystal optical phased array by North Carolina State University
Fig. 14. CMOS waveguide optical phased array by University of Southern California
Fig. 15. 7-channel coherent beam combining system by University of Dayton
Fig. 16. Experimental setup of 21-channel coherent beam combining system by University of Dayton
Fig. 17. 57-channel TIL system by Institute of Optics and Electronics
Table 1. Contrast of different laser sources
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type power feature compactness applicability in OPA gas laser ＞500 kW extremely high power large volume extremely low × chemical laser ＞MW extremely high power large volume extremely low × solid-state laser ＞100 kW high power compact structure high √ fiber laser ～10 kW high power flexible higher √ semiconductor laser ～100 W highly compact high efficiency extremely high √
Table 2. Representative research results of solid-state lasers
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year type institution power/kW beam quality 2009 slab Northrop Grumman , USA 15.3 1.58 2010 slab North China Research Institute of Electro-Optics, China 11.0 4.8 2011 slab China Academy of Engineering Physics, China 11.3 7.56 2012 disk Boeing, USA 30.0 ＜ 2 2015 disk General Atomics, USA 150.0 2018 slab China Academy of Engineering Physics, China 22.3 3.3 2018 disk China Academy of Engineering Physics, China 9.8 14.7 2019 slab Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, China 60.0 2021 waveguide China Academy of Engineering Physics, China 10.0 ＜ 3
Table 3. Representative research results of fiber lasers
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year type institution power/kW beam quality 2016 monolithic fiber Fujikura Ltd., Japan 2 1.2 2016 National University of Defense Technology, China 2 1.6 2017 Fujikura Ltd., Japan 3 1.3 2017 National University of Defense Technology, China 3.05 1.3 2018 Fujikura Ltd., Japan 5 1.3 2018 National University of Defense Technology, China 5.2 2.2 2020 Fujikura Ltd., Japan 8 2020 National University of Defense Technology, China 7 2.4 2021 National University of Defense Technology, China 6 1.3 2015 MOPA National University of Defense Technology, China 3.15 1.6 2016 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 3.1 1.15 2017 Tianjin University, China 8.05 4 2018 China Academy of Engineering Physics, China 11.23 2019 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, China 10.14 2021 China Academy of Engineering Physics, China 5.07 1.252 2021 National University of Defense Technology, China 6 1.36
Table 4. Representative research results of coherent beam combining
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year type institution power/kW number of channels 2008 solid-state laser Northrop Grumman, USA 30 2 2009 Northrop Grumman, USA 100 (Record) 8 2011 fiber laser Thales Research & Technology, France 64 2011 National University of Defense Technology, China 1.08 9 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 4 8 2011 University of Dayton, USA 7 2014 Northrop Grumman, USA 2.4 3 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 44 42 2016 University of Dayton, USA 21 2019 National University of Defense Technology, China 60 2019 National University of Defense Technology, China 8 7 2020 Thales Research & Technology, France 0.105 61 2020 Civan Advanced Technologies, Israel 16 37 2020 National University of Defense Technology, China 107 (record)
Table 5. Contrast of optical phased arrays and corresponding development trend
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type maturity feature future trends liquid crystal OPA high mature fabrication technology suitable for high-power application large aperture high damage threshold large range waveguide OPA low compactness large view field high frequency more channels larger view field higher frequency MEMS OPA low high efficiency fast response more channels novel OPA flexible more advantages integration
Table 6. Representative research results of atmospheric distortion correction based on TIL
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year institute number of channels experimental environment 2011 University of Dayton, USA 7 7 km outdoor 2016 21 7 km outdoor 2012 Institute of Optics and Electronics, China 7 5 m in Lab. (without turbulence) 2018 7 0.2 km outdoor 2021 19 2 km outdoor 2021 51 2.1 km outdoor 2011 National University of Defense Technology, China 2 10 m in Lab.(without turbulence) 2012 9 10 m in Lab.(without turbulence) 2018 6 0.8 km outdoor
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Boyu Tian, Yingnan Peng, Qiqi Hu, Jiazhu Duan, Yongquan Luo, Xiangjie Zhao, Dayong Zhang. Review of optical phased array technology and its applications[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(4): 041001
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Category: Laser Beam Combining Technology
Received: May. 13, 2022
Accepted: Jan. 2, 2023
Published Online: Apr. 18, 2023
The Author Email: Zhao Xiangjie (zxjdouble@163.com), Zhang Dayong (zdywxl874@sohu.com)
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