Author Affiliations
1Institute of Applied Electronics, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China2Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics(CAEP), Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Structure diagram of dense spectral beam combining of dichroic mirror
Fig. 2. Incident central wavelength versus incident angle
Fig. 3. Transmission efficiency versus incident angle for laser with different wavelengths
Fig. 4. Principle diagram of laser diode wavelength stabilization
Fig. 5. Measurement curves of power and efficiency of fiber coupling module
Fig. 6. Variation of 976 nm laser wavelength with current or temperature. (a) Variation with current; (b) variation with temperature
Fig. 7. Physical picture of dense spectrum beam combining experiment
Fig. 8. Schematic of common aperture beam combining monitoring optical path
Fig. 9. Axial displacement error of near field and pointing error of far field
Fig. 10. Output power, combining efficiency and spectral curve of combined beam. (a) Output power and combining efficiency; (b) spectral curve
Fig. 11. Three-dimensional display of beam quality of combined beam source
Fig. 12. Temperature monitoring charts of dichroic mirror under different driving current values. (a) Beam combiner 1; (b) beam combiner 2
Parameter | Value |
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λ0 / nm | 990 | nH | 3 | nL | 1.7 | θ/(°) | 030° | m | 2, 6 |
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Table 1. Parameters used in simulating the variation of central wavelength with incident angle
Incident wavelength /nm | Optimum incident angle /(°) | Angle bandwidth (@≥90% HT) /(°) |
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969 | 29.6 | 0.9 | 976 | 26.5 | 1.6 | 981 | 23.0 | 2.2 |
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Table 2. Optimum incident angle and angle bandwidth at different wavelengths
Wavelength of sub-beam /nm | Central wavelength /nm | Spectrum width(FWHM) /nm | Peak transmittance /% |
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969 | 969.02 | 0.52 | 96.90 | 976 | 976.22 | 0.49 | 97.10 | 981 | 981.11 | 0.59 | 97.00 |
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Table 3. Spectral parameters of sub-beam source (water temperature of 25 ℃ and current of 11.5 A)
Wavelength of sub-beam /nm | Divergence angle after collimation (x-axis and y-axis) |
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969 | 8.15 mrad (x-axis) | 8.71 mrad (y-axis) | 976 | 8.50 mrad (x-axis) | 8.52 mrad (y-axis) | 981 | 8.38 mrad (x-axis) | 7.96 mrad (y-axis) |
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Table 4. Divergence angle after collimation of sub-beam laser
Item | Spot |
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λ=969 nm (No.1) | λ=976 nm (No.2) | λ=981 nm (No.3) | After combining |
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Near field | | | | | | spot size: 5157 μm | spot size: 4388 μm | spot size: 3338 μm | spot size: 5208 μm | Far field | | | | | | spot size: 2.50 mm | spot size: 2.54 mm | spot size: 2.48 mm | spot size: 2.55 mm |
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Table 5. Near field and far field spot of laser
Beam | qx/(mm·mrad) | qy /(mm·mrad) |
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969 nm laser | 6.81 | 7.11 | 976 nm laser | 5.89 | 5.99 | 981 nm laser | 5.97 | 6.02 | Combined beam | 7.22 | 7.50 |
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Table 6. Measurement of beam quality