Beam quality factor for coherently combined fiber laser beams |
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Authors: | Pu Zhou Xiaojun Xu Zilun Chen Xiaolin Wang |
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Affiliation: | College of Optic-electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, China |
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Abstract: | The beam quality factor for a coherently combined beam is studied in detail. A theoretical analysis and a numerical calculation are given to illustrate that the M2 factor is not a proper means for evaluating the beam quality of a coherently combined beam. The beam propagation factor is introduced to evaluate the beam quality. The effect of phase error on the beam quality is also studied. Results indicate that the beam quality of a coherently combined beam depends mainly on the fill factor of the laser array and not on the number of lasers. It is also revealed that the allowed phase error does not change with the number of lasers in order to ensure the energy encircled in a certain bucket. |
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Keywords: | Coherent combining Fiber laser array Beam quality |
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