• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 3, 031201 (2023)
Chenliang Ding1、2, Dazhao Zhu1、2, Chengpeng Ma1, Mengbo Tang1, Zhenyao Yang1, Yong Liu1、3, Cuifang Kuang1、2、*, and Xu Liu1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Research Center for Intelligent Chips and Devices, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311121, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Department of Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 3College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.031201 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Chenliang Ding, Dazhao Zhu, Chengpeng Ma, Mengbo Tang, Zhenyao Yang, Yong Liu, Cuifang Kuang, Xu Liu. Method for active spatial alignment and stabilization of laser beams in multi-beam systems[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(3): 031201 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose a new method for the development of multi-beam systems for the spatial alignment and stability of beams based on the error separation technique. This method avoids alignment errors caused by coupling effect of piezoelectric devices, inaccurate correction calculations, and detection mode of the angular deviation. According to the results by external detectors, the error value of spatial alignment and the root mean square (RMS) of deviations under control during 1 h can be equivalent to approximately 0.87 and 1.06 nm at the sample plane under an oil immersion lens (focal length f=2 mm). The RMS of deviations is less than one-third of those currently reported for multi-beam systems; therefore, higher alignment and stability accuracy can be achieved with our proposed method.
    D1=L3·cos(α),

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    L3=(L1L2)·cos(2α),

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    L1={L+(2D2/2)[1+tan(π/4α)]}/cos(π/4+α),

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    L2=L/cos(π/4+α).

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    L3=(2D2)/cosα.

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    D1=2D2.

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    Chenliang Ding, Dazhao Zhu, Chengpeng Ma, Mengbo Tang, Zhenyao Yang, Yong Liu, Cuifang Kuang, Xu Liu. Method for active spatial alignment and stabilization of laser beams in multi-beam systems[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(3): 031201
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