Comparative study on the power scaling performance of three different coherent polarization beam combination system structures

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/21/9/094206

Abstract Coherent polarization beam combination (CPBC) is a new kind of coherent beam combination configuration with high combining efficiency and excellent beam quality. In order to extend the CPBC system to a large scale, we provide a comparative study on the power scaling performance of three different coherent polarization beam combination system structures. It is found that the pairwise structure has high tolerance to aberrations and has a potential to extend to a large scale with high combining efficiency. In consideration of all the aberrations, the combining efficiency of the pairwise structure can be reached as high as 90% when the combined beams are more than 200. Some instructive suggestions are given to extend the CPBC system to a large scale.

Keywords: coherent beam combination polarization beam combination aberrations

Received: 09 January 2012
Revised: 26 April 2012
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PACS:	42.55.-f	(Lasers)
	42.25.Kb	(Coherence)
	42.25.Ja	(Polarization)

Corresponding Authors: Liu Ze-Jin
E-mail: zejinliu@nudt.edu.cn

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Ma Peng-Fei (马鹏飞), Zhou Pu (周朴), Ma Yan-Xing (马阎星), Su Rong-Tao (粟荣涛), Liu Ze-Jin (刘泽金) Comparative study on the power scaling performance of three different coherent polarization beam combination system structures 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 094206

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