Author Affiliations
1Center for Photonics and Electronics, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China2Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic of the Nd:YAG slab amplifier with an AO configuration. HR, high reflection mirror; PBS, polarization beam splitter; GM, gain module; QWP, quarter-wave plate; TS, telescope.
Fig. 2. (a) LD array. (b) Gain module without shaping optics. (c) Simulation pump intensity distribution in a Nd:YAG slab without shaping optics. The red rectangle represents the laser beam in a Nd:YAG slab.
Fig. 3. Experimental results with the pump-beam array. Near-field intensity distribution (a) before correction, and (b) after correction, . Far-field intensity distribution (c) before correction, , and (d) after correction, , . The circles in the far-field pattern represent the measured beam diameters.
Fig. 4. Actuators distribution of the DM and the beam array.
Fig. 5. Correction result of the defocus distributed in a array. (a) Wavefront before correction. (b) Far-field intensity distribution before correction, . (c) Wavefront after correction. (d) Far-field intensity distribution after correction, . The far-field intensity distributions were initialized by the peak value of the far-field intensity of an ideal square-flat-topped beam.
Fig. 6. Correction result of the defocus distributed in a array. (a) Wavefront before correction. (b) Far-field beam intensity distribution before correction, . (c) Wavefront after correction. (d) Far-field beam intensity distribution after correction, .
Fig. 7. HBQ after correction with different beam arrays.
Fig. 8. (a) Gain module with a pump-light homogenizer. (b) Simulation pump intensity distribution in a Nd:YAG slab with a pump-light homogenizer.
Fig. 9. Experimental results with the pump-beam array. Near-field intensity distribution (a) before correction, , and (b) after correction, . Far-field intensity distribution (c) before correction, , , and (d) after correction, , .
Array Dimension | | | | | |
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PV/μm | 0.70 | 3.72 | 6.30 | 6.41 | 8.74 | RMS/μm | 0.05 | 0.34 | 0.52 | 1.01 | 1.19 | HBQ | 1.01 | 1.70 | 2.87 | 6.44 | 7.22 |
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Table 1. PV Value, RMS Value, and HBQ of the Defocus Distributed in Different Arrays After Correction