1 October 2024Flat-top and doughnut-like laser beam profiles: an overview of the modified algorithm for converting the arbitrary shaped beam using phase only spatial light modulator
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Laser beam shaping problem remains relevant for various applications of modern laser physics – from laser cutting of metals to wireless long-distance energy transmission. For example, the transformation of the original Gaussian profile into flat-top profile is necessary to improve the technology (material processing, holograms recording) while the doughnut-like profile ensures uniform temperature distribution on a target and increases the stability of various thermal processes, such as melting. To solve this problem the automated adaptive optical system with phase-only special light modulator and intensity analyzer are assembled and tested. The experimental results of the flat-top and doughnut-like intensity distributions formation are presented. We were able to concentrate ~60% and 75% of the initial beam energy for the doughnut-like and flat-top intensity distributions, correspondingly.
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Ilya Galaktionov, Julia Sheldakova, Alexander Nikitin, Vladimir Toporovsky, Pavel Kuzmitsky, Alexis Kudryashov, "Flat-top and doughnut-like laser beam profiles: an overview of the modified algorithm for converting the arbitrary shaped beam using phase only spatial light modulator," Proc. SPIE 13130, Novel Optical Systems, Methods, and Applications XXVII, 131300J (1 October 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3028201