• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 40, Issue 1, 102005 (2013)
Zhang Shengtao*, Gao Wenhong, Zhao Pengfei, and Shi Yunbo
Author Affiliations
  • [in Chinese]
  • show less
    DOI: 10.3788/cjl201340.0102005 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhang Shengtao, Gao Wenhong, Zhao Pengfei, Shi Yunbo. Laser Speckle Reduction Due to Angular Diversity Introduced by 2D Laser Diode Array[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2013, 40(1): 102005 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Far field speckle characteristics of a broad area laser diode (LD) and a two-dimension (2D) laser diode array (LDA) made of single diode are measured respectively. A rectangular aperture close to diffuser is used to select different parts of laser light field as illumination spot. The speckle contrast measured for different illumination spots has no obvious trend (turn up or down) along the movement of rectangular aperture. It means that there′s no relationship between contrast and the laser light field selected. 2D LDA made of four LDs produces incoherent light and angular diversity. Adjusting the distance between array and diffuser to change the angular of adjacent incidence into diffuser. The distance from lens to diffuser is fixed. The experimental results shows that, only when the angular is larger than that of imaging lens seen from the diffuser, the contrast of the speckle is reduced by a factor of 1/M.
    Zhang Shengtao, Gao Wenhong, Zhao Pengfei, Shi Yunbo. Laser Speckle Reduction Due to Angular Diversity Introduced by 2D Laser Diode Array[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2013, 40(1): 102005
    Download Citation