Chinese Optics Letters, 2008, 6 (9): 625, Published Online: Sep. 11, 2008
Influence of turbulent atmosphere on the far-field coherent combined beam quality Download: 1016次
相干合成 光纤激光阵列 湍流 光束质量 广义惠根斯-菲涅尔定理 060.2320 Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators 140.3510 Lasers, fiber 140.3290 Laser arrays 010.1330 Atmospheric turbulence
Abstract
Propagation of coherent combined laser beams in turbulent atmosphere is numerically studied based on the extended Huygens-Fresnel principle. By choosing beam propagation factor (BPF) and beam quality factor (BQ) to characterize the far-field irradiance distribution properties, the influence of turbulence on far-field coherent combined beam quality is studied in detail. The investigation reveals that with the coherence length decreasing, the irradiance distribution pattern evolves from typical non-Gaussian shape with multiple side-lobes into Gaussian shape which is seen in the incoherent combining case. In weak turbulent atmosphere, the far-field beam quality suffers less when the laser array gets more compact and operates at a longer wavelength. In strong turbulent atmosphere, the far-field beam quality degrades into the incoherent combining case without any relationship with the fill factor and laser wavelength.
Pu Zhou, Zejin Liu, Xiaojun Xu, Xiaolin Wang, Xiao Li, Zilun Chen. Influence of turbulent atmosphere on the far-field coherent combined beam quality[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2008, 6(9): 625.