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Investigation of the coherent combination of a 19-fiber laser beam characteristics to achieve a multi tens of kW at a distance of 10 km

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

S.H Ghasemi
A Haghparast
https://doi.org/10.24200/nst.2019.999
Abstract
In this paper, we used a coherent beam combination to design a 50 kW high power laser beam for energy applications. Because of the strong environmental turbulence, degrade the coherent beam combination advantages, low turbulence level is considered. Combining elements are composed of 19 polarized single mode 3 kW high power fiber lasers where are arranged in the co- two centric hexagonal rings. Each of the fiber a lasers has a collimator with a 30 mm beam spot size output. We extended the transmitting range to z=10 km and the improved filling factor up to f=0.91. Therefore, power loss at the side lobes are minimized and resulted in the rise of combination efficiency to 88%, which is the highest published result. The central spot size radius on the target is R=5.9 cm, where indicate 0.45 kW/cm2 power density. Also, the effect of Phase errors of the combining elements at the far- field, which cause the ray intensity scattering from the center spot to the side lobes is investigated.

Highlights

  1. G.D. Goodno, H. Komine, S.J. McNaught, S.B. Weiss, S. Redmond, W. Long, R. Simpson, E.C. Cheung, D. Howland, P. Epp, M. Weber, M. McClellan, J. Sollee, H. Injeyan, Optics letters, 31, 9, 1247-1249 (2006).
  2. A.A. Ishaaya, N. Davidson, A.A. Friesem, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 15, 2, 301-311 (2009).
  3. Liran Shimshi, Amiel A. Ishaaya, Vardit Ekhouse, Nir Davidson, Asher A. Friesem, Applied physics letters, 88, 4, 041103 (2006).
  4. P. Sprangle, J. Penano, A. Ting, NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC (2006).
  5. Li.     Yongzhong, Liejia Qian, Daquan Lu, Dianyuan Fan, Shuangchun Wen, Optical Fiber Technology, 15, 3, 226-232 (2009).
  6.           Pu hou, Zejin Liu, Xiaojun Xu, Zilun Chen, Xiaolin Wang, Optics & Laser Technology, 41, 3, 268-271 (2009).
  7. Phillip prangle, Bahman Hafizi, Antonio Ting, Richard Fischer, Applied Optics, 54, 31, F201-F209 (2015).
  8. 8.     M.A. Vorontsov, T. Weyrauch, Applied Optics, 55, 35, 9950-9953 (2016).
  9. I. Dajani, A. Flores, R. Holten, B. Anderson, B. Pulford, Th. Ehrenreich, In Proc. SPIE., (2016).
  10. 10.           C.C. Chen, Method for Estimating the Thermal Blooming Effect, RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF (1975).
  11. 11.    Steve Gibson,Tsu-Chin Tsao,Michael C. Roggemann,Timothy J. Schulz, Allen Tannenbaum,Eric Magee, Matthew Whiteley,Ben G Fitzpatrick,Yun Wang,Mikhail Belenkii, Atmospheric Propagation of High Energy Lasers: Modeling, Simulation, Tracking, and Control., California univ los angeles dept of mechanical amd aerospace engineering (2008).

 

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  1. J.R. Penano, P. Sprangle, B. Hafizi, Propagation of high energy laser beams through atmospheric stagnation zones, Naval research lab washington dc beam physics branch (2006).

  2. P. Sprangle, J. Penano, B. Hafizi, Propagation of high energy laser beams in various environments, Naval research lab washington dc (2007).

  3. Ph. Sprangle, A. Ting, J. Penano, R. Fischer, B. Hafizi, IEEE Journal of quantum electronics, 45, 2, 138-148 (2009).

  4. C.R. Fussman, High energy laser propagation in various atmospheric conditions utilizing a new, accelerated scaling code, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School (2014).

  5. P. Sprangle, J. Penano, B. Hafizi, Optimum wavelength and power for efficient laser propagation in various atmospheric environments, Naval research lab washington dc (2005).

  6. T. Fan, Coherent beam combining of diode arrays. in High Power Diode Lasers and Systems Conference (HPD), 2013, 2013. IEEE.

  7. T.Y. Fan, IEEE Journal of selected topics in Quantum Electronics, 11, 3 567-577 (2005).

  8. Shawn M. Redmond, Kevin J. Creedon, Jan E. Kansky, Steven J. Augst, Leo J. Missaggia, Michael K. Connors, Robin K. Huang, Bien Chann, Tso Yee Fan, George W. Turner, and Antonio Sanchez-Rubio, et al., Optics Letters, 36, 6,  999-1001 (2011).

  9. Q.      Wang, L. Yan, In Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE. (2006). IEEE.

  10. M.     Wickham, In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Society of America (2010).

  11.           ZeJin Liu, Pu Zhou, XiaoJun Xu, XiaoLin Wang and YanXing Ma., Science China Technological Sciences, 56, 7, 1597-1606 (2013).

  12. Stuart J. McNaught, Joshua E. Rothenberg, Peter A. Thielen, Michael G. Wickham, Mark E. Weber, and Gregory D. Goodno, in Advanced Solid-State Photonics. Optical Society of America (2010).

  13.           C.X. Yu , J.E. Kansky, S.E.J. Shaw, D.V. Murphy, C. Higgs, In Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on. 2006. IEEE.

  14. G.D. Goodno, C.-C. Shih, J.E. Rothenberg, Optics Express, 18, 24, 25403-25414 (2010).

  15.           Xinyan Fan,Jingjiao Liu, Jinsheng Liu, Jingli Wu, Optics & Laser Technology, 42, 2, 274-279 (2010).

  16. Gregory D. Goodno , Charles P. Asman , Jesse Anderegg , Steve Brosnan, Steve Brosnan, Eric C. Cheung, Dennis Hammons, Hagop Injeyan, Hiroshi Komine, William H. Long, Michael McClellan, Stuart J. McNaught, Shawn Redmond, Randall Simpson, Jeff Sollee, Mark Weber, S. Benjamin Weiss, Michael Wickham, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 13, 3, 460-472 (2007).

 

 

  1. Gregory D. Goodno, Stuart J. McNaught, Joshua E. Rothenberg, Timothy S. McComb, Peter A. Thielen, Michael G. Wickham, and Mark E. Weber, Optics Letters, 35, 10, 1542-1544 (2010).

  2. C.X. Yu, S.J. Augst, S.M. Redmond, K.C. Goldizen, D.V. Murphy, A. Sanchez, T.Y. Fan, Optics Letters, 36, 14, 2686-2688 (2011).

  3. Guangsen Ren, Xiaojun Xu, Wuming Wu, Haotong Ma, Yu Ning, Optics Communications, 344, 33-37 (2015).

Keywords

Fiber laser
Coherent combining
  1. G.D. Goodno, H. Komine, S.J. McNaught, S.B. Weiss, S. Redmond, W. Long, R. Simpson, E.C. Cheung, D. Howland, P. Epp, M. Weber, M. McClellan, J. Sollee, H. Injeyan, Optics letters, 31, 9, 1247-1249 (2006).
  2. A.A. Ishaaya, N. Davidson, A.A. Friesem, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 15, 2, 301-311 (2009).
  3. Liran Shimshi, Amiel A. Ishaaya, Vardit Ekhouse, Nir Davidson, Asher A. Friesem, Applied physics letters, 88, 4, 041103 (2006).
  4. P. Sprangle, J. Penano, A. Ting, NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC (2006).
  5. Li.     Yongzhong, Liejia Qian, Daquan Lu, Dianyuan Fan, Shuangchun Wen, Optical Fiber Technology, 15, 3, 226-232 (2009).
  6.           Pu hou, Zejin Liu, Xiaojun Xu, Zilun Chen, Xiaolin Wang, Optics & Laser Technology, 41, 3, 268-271 (2009).
  7. Phillip prangle, Bahman Hafizi, Antonio Ting, Richard Fischer, Applied Optics, 54, 31, F201-F209 (2015).
  8. 8.     M.A. Vorontsov, T. Weyrauch, Applied Optics, 55, 35, 9950-9953 (2016).
  9. I. Dajani, A. Flores, R. Holten, B. Anderson, B. Pulford, Th. Ehrenreich, In Proc. SPIE., (2016).
  10. 10.           C.C. Chen, Method for Estimating the Thermal Blooming Effect, RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF (1975).
  11. 11.    Steve Gibson,Tsu-Chin Tsao,Michael C. Roggemann,Timothy J. Schulz, Allen Tannenbaum,Eric Magee, Matthew Whiteley,Ben G Fitzpatrick,Yun Wang,Mikhail Belenkii, Atmospheric Propagation of High Energy Lasers: Modeling, Simulation, Tracking, and Control., California univ los angeles dept of mechanical amd aerospace engineering (2008).

 

­

 

  1. J.R. Penano, P. Sprangle, B. Hafizi, Propagation of high energy laser beams through atmospheric stagnation zones, Naval research lab washington dc beam physics branch (2006).

  2. P. Sprangle, J. Penano, B. Hafizi, Propagation of high energy laser beams in various environments, Naval research lab washington dc (2007).

  3. Ph. Sprangle, A. Ting, J. Penano, R. Fischer, B. Hafizi, IEEE Journal of quantum electronics, 45, 2, 138-148 (2009).

  4. C.R. Fussman, High energy laser propagation in various atmospheric conditions utilizing a new, accelerated scaling code, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School (2014).

  5. P. Sprangle, J. Penano, B. Hafizi, Optimum wavelength and power for efficient laser propagation in various atmospheric environments, Naval research lab washington dc (2005).

  6. T. Fan, Coherent beam combining of diode arrays. in High Power Diode Lasers and Systems Conference (HPD), 2013, 2013. IEEE.

  7. T.Y. Fan, IEEE Journal of selected topics in Quantum Electronics, 11, 3 567-577 (2005).

  8. Shawn M. Redmond, Kevin J. Creedon, Jan E. Kansky, Steven J. Augst, Leo J. Missaggia, Michael K. Connors, Robin K. Huang, Bien Chann, Tso Yee Fan, George W. Turner, and Antonio Sanchez-Rubio, et al., Optics Letters, 36, 6,  999-1001 (2011).

  9. Q.      Wang, L. Yan, In Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE. (2006). IEEE.

  10. M.     Wickham, In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Society of America (2010).

  11.           ZeJin Liu, Pu Zhou, XiaoJun Xu, XiaoLin Wang and YanXing Ma., Science China Technological Sciences, 56, 7, 1597-1606 (2013).

  12. Stuart J. McNaught, Joshua E. Rothenberg, Peter A. Thielen, Michael G. Wickham, Mark E. Weber, and Gregory D. Goodno, in Advanced Solid-State Photonics. Optical Society of America (2010).

  13.           C.X. Yu , J.E. Kansky, S.E.J. Shaw, D.V. Murphy, C. Higgs, In Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on. 2006. IEEE.

  14. G.D. Goodno, C.-C. Shih, J.E. Rothenberg, Optics Express, 18, 24, 25403-25414 (2010).

  15.           Xinyan Fan,Jingjiao Liu, Jinsheng Liu, Jingli Wu, Optics & Laser Technology, 42, 2, 274-279 (2010).

  16. Gregory D. Goodno , Charles P. Asman , Jesse Anderegg , Steve Brosnan, Steve Brosnan, Eric C. Cheung, Dennis Hammons, Hagop Injeyan, Hiroshi Komine, William H. Long, Michael McClellan, Stuart J. McNaught, Shawn Redmond, Randall Simpson, Jeff Sollee, Mark Weber, S. Benjamin Weiss, Michael Wickham, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 13, 3, 460-472 (2007).

 

 

  1. Gregory D. Goodno, Stuart J. McNaught, Joshua E. Rothenberg, Timothy S. McComb, Peter A. Thielen, Michael G. Wickham, and Mark E. Weber, Optics Letters, 35, 10, 1542-1544 (2010).

  2. C.X. Yu, S.J. Augst, S.M. Redmond, K.C. Goldizen, D.V. Murphy, A. Sanchez, T.Y. Fan, Optics Letters, 36, 14, 2686-2688 (2011).

  3. Guangsen Ren, Xiaojun Xu, Wuming Wu, Haotong Ma, Yu Ning, Optics Communications, 344, 33-37 (2015).

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