Beam quality and wavefront aberration in coherent combination of three rectangular laser beams

A numerical simulation model of coherent combination of three rectangular beams was established. The relationship for one rectangular beam and the combination of three rectangular beams, between the beam quality factor (beta factor) and the Zernike wavefront aberrations of the first twenty-one orders was obtained by numerical calculation through fast Fourier transform (FFT). The formulas of beta factor and wavefront aberration were obtained. Fitting coefficients of one beam and three-beam combination were compared and the affecting factors were analyzed. It is found that the fitting coefficient generally augments with the order of Zernike wavefront aberrations increasing. Key words: 。