• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 3, 031405 (2023)
Jinliang Han1、2, Jun Zhang1、*, Xiaonan Shan1, Yawei Zhang1, Hangyu Peng1, Li Qin1, and Lijun Wang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.031405 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jinliang Han, Jun Zhang, Xiaonan Shan, Yawei Zhang, Hangyu Peng, Li Qin, Lijun Wang. Beam homogenization structure for a laser illuminator design based on diode laser beam combining technology[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(3): 031405 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    With the rapid development of laser technology, laser as the light source of night vision illuminating can realize long-distance and clear imaging, which has been widely used in laser active illuminating field. A high-power diode laser with a wavelength of 808 nm was designed as the laser active illuminating source, and the output power of no less than 100 W was obtained by spatial beam multiplexing, polarization multiplexing, and high efficiency fiber coupling techniques. In view of the beam homogenization of illuminating source, a novel beam homogenization system based on waveguide is proposed in this work. A square spot with a horizontal divergence angle of 40°, a vertical divergence angle of 10°, and an illuminating power ratio of 4:1 was obtained by a collimating lens. Comparing with the traditional circular illuminating beam, the square illuminating beam can match the illuminating angle of CCD camera better, and the energy utilization rate is higher. In addition, by optimizing the structure of waveguide and collimating lens, the illuminating angle can be changed to meet the illuminating requirements under different conditions theoretically.
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    Jinliang Han, Jun Zhang, Xiaonan Shan, Yawei Zhang, Hangyu Peng, Li Qin, Lijun Wang. Beam homogenization structure for a laser illuminator design based on diode laser beam combining technology[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(3): 031405
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