Paraxial analysis of stray light caused by multi-order diffraction and multireflection

Xiaotong Li; Zhaofeng Cen; Haofei Liu; Shitao Deng; Qihua Zhu; Fang Wang; Hongjie Liu

doi:10.1117/12.577016

26 January 2005 Paraxial analysis of stray light caused by multi-order diffraction and multireflection

Xiaotong Li, Zhaofeng Cen, Haofei Liu, Shitao Deng, Qihua Zhu, Fang Wang, Hongjie Liu

Proceedings Volume 5627, High-Power Lasers and Applications III; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.577016
Event: Photonics Asia, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

Diffraction components are applied in high power laser systems for beam shaping and harmonic separation. Because of the multi-order diffraction and multi-reflection to high power laser, the distributions of stray light energy and ghosts are much more completed in the systems than in conventional optical systems. In this paper a data structure of tree is presented for describing the stray light caused by multi-order diffraction and multi-reflection. All the nodes of the tree can be dynamically saved and be deleted, and the intermediate results those are useful for the next calculation step can be reserved in RAM. Using this method the multiple repeated calculations in conventional stray light analysis methods such as Monte Carlo technique are avoided and the analysis time is reduced. According to the paraxial tracing, the software which can be used for analyzing the stray light caused by multi-order diffraction and multi-reflection in high power laser systems is developed and the stray light tree of a laser system based on paraxial tracing is built. As shown by the example that this algorithm is available for quickly analyzing stray light in the systems including diffraction components, and the ghost positions with energy descriptions can be given by the software. The ghosts those are harmful to the important components will be picked.

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Xiaotong Li, Zhaofeng Cen, Haofei Liu, Shitao Deng, Qihua Zhu, Fang Wang, and Hongjie Liu "Paraxial analysis of stray light caused by multi-order diffraction and multireflection", Proc. SPIE 5627, High-Power Lasers and Applications III, (26 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.577016

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