提高激光雷达对空间小目标探测能力的重要手段是增大发射到目标上的光强,激光相干合成是在目标上获得较大光强的有效途径.为了评价相干光束在目标上的合成效果,引入了适合空间小目标探测的相干合成效果评价参数(合成效果因子),在此基础上讨论了光束相干合成效果的影响因素.研究表明: 合成效果因子随合成光束束腰间距的增大呈周期振荡变化,振荡幅度逐渐减小;达到理想合成效果需要的光束传输距离随光束间距的增大而增加,这对设计相干合成系统光束束腰间距具有参考意义.同时,还研究了光束的相位控制精度与合成效果之间的关系. 结果表明:当相位控制精度达到π/4时,合成效果可以达到理想效果的80%;当相位控制精度为π/2时,合成效果降为理想效果的50%.研究还表明,激光偏振方向不平行对合成效果的影响不明显.

A fundamental way to improve the ability of lidar to detect the small target far away is to increase the light intensity on it, and the coherent combination of laser beams is an effective way to obtain a large intensity on the target. A parameter named combining effect factor is introduced to evaluate the combining effect on small target. On this basis, the factors influencing combining effect are discussed. The combining effect factor becomes oscillatory as the spacing between the waists of laser beams increases, and its amplitude decreases gradually. The distance at which an ideal combining effect can be achieved increases with the increase of the spacing between the waists of laser beams, which is a reference for the determination of the spacing between the waists of laser beams in the design of coherent combining system. The dependence of combining effect on the phase control accuracy is also studied. The combining effect can reach 80 percent of its ideal value when the phase control accuracy reaches π/4, and the combining effect decreases to 50 percent of its ideal value when the accuracy is π/2. The influence of unparallel polarization direction between beams on combining effect is not very obvious.

固体激光国家重点实验室基金(批准号: 51438010201DZ01)资助的课题.