Author Affiliations
1 School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610101, China2 College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Intensity distribution of flat-topped laser beam array at source plane. (a) 3D distribution; (b) 2D distribution
Fig. 2. Intensity distributions in x direction of a flat-topped beam at source plane
Fig. 3. Intensity distributions of flat-topped laser beam array for coherent beam combination at target plane. (a1) In free space, N=1; (a2) in free space, N=2; (a3) in free space, N=10; (b1) in atmosphere, N=1; (b2) in atmosphere, N=2; (b3) in atmosphere, N=10
Fig. 4. Intensity distributions of flat-topped laser beam array for incoherent beam combination at target plane. (a1) In free space, N=1; (a2) in free space, N=2; (a3) in free space, N=10; (b1) in atmosphere, N=1; (b2) in atmosphere, N=2; (b3) in atmosphere, N=10
Fig. 5. Variation of beam center of gravity x- with beam order N
Fig. 6. Variation of peak Strehl ratio Sr with beam order N
Fig. 7. Variation of beam width w with beam order N
Fig. 8. Variation of propagation efficiency η with beam order N