Spatial Generation of Gauss Beam Array for Photonic Applications

Abstract

In this paper, an alternative experimental method has been proposed in relevant to the generation of Gauss beam array. For this purpose,the light beams have been modeled based on the diffraction of a plane wave by an array of Gaussian apertures and implemented accordingly. Spatial generation of the Gauss beam array has experimentally been performed by the use of Spatial Light Modulator (SLM). The produced light beams have been recorded by a Charge Couple Device (CCD) detector with a large field of view and the profile evaluations of monitored beams are done. Moreover, theoretical calculations have been verified with empirical observations. With this proposed new beam shaping method, it can make it possible to generate and control the Gauss beam array in real-time for many high throughput photonic applications such as optical communications and biophotonics.