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Vectorial analytical description of the polarized light of a high-power laser diode
Qiang Xu1, Jiajie Wang, Yiping Han
1School of Science, Xidian University, Xi'an, China. qxu@xidian.edu.cn
Abstract:
A mathematical model to describe the far-field of a high-power laser diode (LD) beam is presented. The laser beam propagation is studied by the vector Rayleigh-Sommerfeld far-field diffraction integral formula The far-field distribution of the LD beam is studied in detail; the light polarized parallel and perpendicular to the junction plane are all considered. This model is employed to predict the light intensity of high-power LDs. The computed intensity distributions are in a good agreement with the corresponding measurements. This model can be easily used to analyze the propagation properties of the high-power LD beam.
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