A laser beam's automatic alignment system based on the imaging properties of multiple spatial filters

Daizhong Liu; Fengnian Lv; Jinzhou Cao; Renfang Xu; Jianqiang Zhu; Dianyan Fan

doi:10.1117/12.577980

26 January 2005 A laser beam's automatic alignment system based on the imaging properties of multiple spatial filters

Daizhong Liu, Fengnian Lv, Jinzhou Cao, Renfang Xu, Jianqiang Zhu, Dianyan Fan

Proceedings Volume 5627, High-Power Lasers and Applications III; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.577980
Event: Photonics Asia, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

Large, high-power laser amplifiers use the imaging properties of multiple spatial filters. Spatial filtering has been shown to control instabilities; spatial filters preserve the transverse intensity profile of a high power beam as it propagates long distances through nonlinear elements as well. In this paper, image relaying is presented as a technique for aligning beams onto mm-sized target. On base of summarizing the preceding work on the near-field image relaying of multiple spatial filters, the far-field image relaying is suggested firstly. The application of near-field and far-field image relaying properties of multiple spatial filters in laser beams automatic alignment system is analyzed. A geometrical optics approach and an ABCD ray matrix theory are used throughout. A reasonable and optimized scheme for automatic aligning multipass beam paths is presented. It is demonstrated on the multipass amplifier experimental system of the SG-III prototype.

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Daizhong Liu, Fengnian Lv, Jinzhou Cao, Renfang Xu, Jianqiang Zhu, and Dianyan Fan "A laser beam's automatic alignment system based on the imaging properties of multiple spatial filters", Proc. SPIE 5627, High-Power Lasers and Applications III, (26 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.577980

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