Fabrication of the polarization independent spectral beam combining grating

Quan Liu; Yunxia Jin; Jianhong Wu; Peiliang Guo

doi:10.1117/12.2266500

8 March 2017 Fabrication of the polarization independent spectral beam combining grating

Quan Liu, Yunxia Jin, Jianhong Wu, Peiliang Guo

Proceedings Volume 10255, Selected Papers of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering Conferences held October and November 2016; 1025514 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266500
Event: Selected Papers of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering Conferences held October and November 2016, 2016, Jinhua, Suzhou, Chengdu, Xi'an, Wuxi, China

Abstract

Owing to damage, thermal issues, and nonlinear optical effects, the output power of fiber laser has been proven to be limited. Beam combining techniques are the attractive solutions to achieve high-power high-brightness fiber laser output. The spectral beam combining (SBC) is a promising method to achieve high average power output without influencing the beam quality. A polarization independent spectral beam combining grating is one of the key elements in the SBC. In this paper the diffraction efficiency of the grating is investigated by rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA). The theoretical -1st order diffraction efficiency of the grating is more than 95% from 1010nm to 1080nm for both TE and TM polarizations. The fabrication tolerance is analyzed. The polarization independent spectral beam combining grating with the period of 1.04μm has been fabricated by holographic lithography - ion beam etching, which are within the fabrication tolerance.

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Quan Liu, Yunxia Jin, Jianhong Wu, and Peiliang Guo "Fabrication of the polarization independent spectral beam combining grating", Proc. SPIE 10255, Selected Papers of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering Conferences held October and November 2016, 1025514 (8 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266500

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