Vector Rayleigh Diffraction of High-Power Laser Diode Beam in Optical Communication

Laser diodes (LDs) are widely used in optical wireless communication (OWC) and optical networks, and proper theoretical models are needed to precisely describe the complicated beam field of LDs. A novel mathematical model is proposed to describe the vectorial field of nonparaxial LD beams. Laser bea...

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Main Authors: Qiang Xu, Renxian Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yiping Han, Zhensen Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Optics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7059638
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Summary:Laser diodes (LDs) are widely used in optical wireless communication (OWC) and optical networks, and proper theoretical models are needed to precisely describe the complicated beam field of LDs. A novel mathematical model is proposed to describe the vectorial field of nonparaxial LD beams. Laser beam propagation is studied using the vector Rayleigh diffraction integrals, and the stationary phase method is used to find the asymptotic expansion of diffraction integral. The far-field distribution of the LD beam in the plane parallel and perpendicular to the junction is considered in detail, and the computed intensity distributions of the theory are compared with the corresponding measurements. This model is precise for single transverse model beam of LDs and can be applied to describe the LD beams in OWC and optical networks.
ISSN:1687-9384
1687-9392