Research progress of coherent beam combining technique of phased fiber laser array

Liu Jiaying; Li Ziqiang; Yang Ran; Zou Fan; Yang Xu; Zhou Xin; Pan Ziting; Pan Likang; Li Yuting; Jiang Jiali; Li Feng; Geng Chao; Li Xinyang

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202335.220323

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Liu Jiaying, Li Ziqiang, Yang Ran, et al. Research progress of coherent beam combining technique of phased fiber laser array[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35: 041003. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202335.220323

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Liu Jiaying, Li Ziqiang, Yang Ran, et al. Research progress of coherent beam combining technique of phased fiber laser array[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35: 041003. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202335.220323

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Research progress of coherent beam combining technique of phased fiber laser array

doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202335.220323

Liu Jiaying^{1, 2, 3
,},
Li Ziqiang^{1, 2
,},
Yang Ran^{1, 2, 3},
Zou Fan^{1, 2, 3},
Yang Xu^{1, 2},
Zhou Xin^{1, 2, 3},
Pan Ziting^{1, 2, 3},
Pan Likang^{1, 2, 3},
Li Yuting^{1, 2, 3},
Jiang Jiali^{1, 2},
Li Feng^{1, 2},
Geng Chao^{1, 2
,
,},
Li Xinyang^{1, 2}

1.
Key Laboratory on Adaptive Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
2.
Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
3.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received Date: 2022-12-23
Accepted Date: 2023-02-15
Rev Recd Date: 2023-02-13

Available Online: 2023-03-13

Publish Date: 2023-03-30

Abstract

Abstract

This paper introduces the state-of-the-art coherent beam combination of phased fiber laser array (PFLA), and summarizes the latest research progress in this area at the Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, including optimization of coherent combining capability of PFLA based on amplitude modulation, transceiving coherent combining of PFLA, coherent combining of PFLA using target-in-the-loop, co-phasing combining of receiving beamlets of PFLA under atmospheric turbulence, the method of coherent combining based on multi-aperture wavefront detection, as well as the large-angle high-precision continuous addressing scanning of beams using adaptive fiber-optics collimator and microlens array scanner. The above research will promote the evolution of PFLA technology towards more units, higher power, longer distance etc., and facilitate its combinations and developments with laser atmospheric transmission, space laser communication, adaptive optics and other related theories and applications.
- phased fiber laser array,
- coherent beam combination,
- distributed-apertures,
- phase regulation,
- adaptive optics

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