Effect of the polarization-state fluctuation on coherent beam combining of fiber lasers

Jiajian Zhu; Wenbo Du; Xiaolin Dong; Xiaolin Wang; Yanxing Ma; Pu Zhou; Xiaojun Xu

doi:10.1117/12.900840

22 August 2011 Effect of the polarization-state fluctuation on coherent beam combining of fiber lasers

Jiajian Zhu, Wenbo Du, Xiaolin Dong, Xiaolin Wang, Yanxing Ma, Pu Zhou, Xiaojun Xu

Proceedings Volume 8192, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011: Laser Sensing and Imaging; and Biological and Medical Applications of Photonics Sensing and Imaging; 819237 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.900840
Event: International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011, 2011, Beijing, China

Abstract

In this paper, we studied theoretically influence of the polarization-state fluctuation on coherent beam combining (CBC) of fiber lasers. We investigated far-field intensity distribution of the coherently combined fiber laser beams when the polarization-state varies with time and computed the visibility of the beam profile. The CBC of fiber laser arrays with time-varying polarization-state was mathematically modeled and the effect of polarization-state fluctuation was numerically evaluated. The dependence of visibility on the number of fiber laser was computed. Numerical results showed that the polarization-state fluctuation has a serious influence of coherent beam combining of fiber lasers in the case of small number, nevertheless, if the number of laser is larger than 10, the minimal visibility can be as high as more than 80% in the case of random time-varying polarization-state fluctuation.

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Jiajian Zhu, Wenbo Du, Xiaolin Dong, Xiaolin Wang, Yanxing Ma, Pu Zhou, and Xiaojun Xu "Effect of the polarization-state fluctuation on coherent beam combining of fiber lasers", Proc. SPIE 8192, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011: Laser Sensing and Imaging; and Biological and Medical Applications of Photonics Sensing and Imaging, 819237 (22 August 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.900840

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