Performing STOP analysis on high power lasers: understanding complex systems through a physics-based co-simulation workflow

Maxime Cailler; Luis Felipe Mercado Gutierrez; Chris Normanshire

doi:10.1117/12.3017624

17 June 2024 Performing STOP analysis on high power lasers: understanding complex systems through a physics-based co-simulation workflow

Maxime Cailler, Luis Felipe Mercado Gutierrez, Chris Normanshire

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Proceedings Volume 13019, Optical Design and Engineering IX; 130191D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017624
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2024, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

This paper provides an accurate and simple simulation workflow for Structural, Thermal and Optical Performance (STOP) analysis on complex optical systems. Applying this workflow to a high-power laser system, we use Ansys Zemax OpticStudio for both optical design and wavefront analysis. Then Ansys Speos is used for optical heat load calculation on each component of the system. Finally, Ansys Mechanical is used to perform thermal and structural analysis, providing this information back to OpticStudio for wavefront error analysis and optical tolerancing. The workflow is fully automated thanks to Ansys System Coupling interface. Besides the ease of use, this workflow captures the impact of structural deformations and refractive index changes on the key performances of any optical system, accounting for opto-mechanical component contributions. The approach can be steady-state or transient.

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Maxime Cailler, Luis Felipe Mercado Gutierrez, and Chris Normanshire "Performing STOP analysis on high power lasers: understanding complex systems through a physics-based co-simulation workflow", Proc. SPIE 13019, Optical Design and Engineering IX, 130191D (17 June 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017624

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