• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 7, 071901 (2023)
Fanglun Yang1、2、3, Guowen Zhang2、3、4、*, Xiaoqi Zhang2、3, Yanli Zhang2、3, Ruifeng Wang2、3、4, and Jianqiang Zhu2、3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 4University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.071901 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fanglun Yang, Guowen Zhang, Xiaoqi Zhang, Yanli Zhang, Ruifeng Wang, Jianqiang Zhu. Self-focusing of partially coherent beams based on complex screen and split-step Fourier transform methods[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(7): 071901 Copy Citation Text show less
    Comparison of the analytical formula and the CS methods for overall self-focusing.
    Fig. 1. Comparison of the analytical formula and the CS methods for overall self-focusing.
    Beam distribution with the initial intensity of 2.6 GW/cm2 after 400-mm transmission. (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) correspond to the coherent beam, and C = 2, 5, 10, and 20, respectively. (f) The one-dimensional distribution corresponding to each light field at y = 0.
    Fig. 2. Beam distribution with the initial intensity of 2.6 GW/cm2 after 400-mm transmission. (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) correspond to the coherent beam, and C = 2, 5, 10, and 20, respectively. (f)  The one-dimensional distribution corresponding to each light field at y = 0.
    Variation of the beam in (a) the modulation system and (b) the maximum intensity at an initial intensity of 2.6 GW/cm2.
    Fig. 3. Variation of the beam in (a) the modulation system and (b) the maximum intensity at an initial intensity of 2.6 GW/cm2.
    Beam distribution with the initial intensity of 4 GW/cm2 after 400-mm transmission. (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) correspond to the coherent beam, and C = 2, 5, 10, and 20, respectively. (f) The one-dimensional distribution corresponding to each light field at y = 0.
    Fig. 4. Beam distribution with the initial intensity of 4 GW/cm2 after 400-mm transmission. (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) correspond to the coherent beam, and C = 2, 5, 10, and 20, respectively. (f) The one-dimensional distribution corresponding to each light field at y = 0.
    Variation of the beam in (a) the modulation system and (b) the maximum intensity at an initial intensity of 4 GW/cm2.
    Fig. 5. Variation of the beam in (a) the modulation system and (b) the maximum intensity at an initial intensity of 4 GW/cm2.
     CoherentC = 2C = 5C = 10C = 20
    2.6 GW/cm20.370.350.330.190.09
    4 GW/cm20.720.700.660.460.19
    Table 1. Modulation Degree M after Propagating through 400-mm Nd Glass
    Fanglun Yang, Guowen Zhang, Xiaoqi Zhang, Yanli Zhang, Ruifeng Wang, Jianqiang Zhu. Self-focusing of partially coherent beams based on complex screen and split-step Fourier transform methods[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(7): 071901
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