PowerPhotonic, designer and manufacturer of freeform, wafer-scale optics, will exhibit at the SPIE Sensors and Imaging Conference this year, held in Edinburgh from the 16th to 18th September, as well as present an invited paper on coherent beam combining. The conference has two symposia; sensor and photonic technologies for imaging and monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere and environments; and photonics for homeland security, defence, and counterterrorism. PowerPhotonic’s paper, “61 Channel High-Power, Coherent Beam Combination Module”, will be presented on 16th September at 14.40 by Callum Wreford, Head of Product Development, responsible for high-power optics in defence and macro-machining applications.
Dr. Steve Kidd, Head of Sales & Marketing at PowerPhotonic said, “PowerPhotonic’s high-power, Coherent Beam Combiner (CBC) optics module enables market-leading levels of performance in laser directed energy systems. Precise design and manufacture of the optical elements, including beam shapers, aberration correctors and phase flatteners are key. These covert light from end-capped fibers into an array of collimated and shaped beams which then coherently combine to produce levels of power far greater than traditional, gaussian beam systems. The module has 61 input channels, each with an optical power handling capability exceeding of 3kW and class-leading combiner efficiency, giving breakthrough levels of SWaP (Size, Weight and Power).
“The presentation explains how PowerPhotonic uniquely minimises the impact of mechanical and thermal disturbance to enable a stable, high-power, high-quality, low-divergence output beam. It also shows how the module is designed to replace traditional, multi-part solutions, which brings a wide range of benefits, such as saving on complex adjustment and assembly processes.”
PowerPhotonic’s full product range will be on display at SPIE Sensors and Imaging, including Light Tunnel Generators; Beam Shapers for scanners; Beam Shapers for ultra-fast lasers; Lens Array Homogenisers; Axicon Array Homogenisers; Single Mode Laser Beam Shapers; and Prime Beam Shapers.
For more information on the SPIE Sensors and Imaging show read here
For more information on Callum Wreford’s presentation on 16th September at 14.40am read here
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