title: Simulation analysis of the restraining effect of a spatial filter on a hot image.
abstract: Based on the restraining effect that spatial filtering has on the frequency spectrum of a beam, from the small-scale focusing theory of Bespalov and Talanov (B-T theory) we derive an expression for the pinhole diameter of the spatial filter corresponding to the fastest growing frequency. Then, compared with the theoretical pinhole diameter of the spatial filter, the restraining effect of the spatial filter on a hot image with different pinhole diameters is numerically investigated. The numerical results show that, if the pinhole diameter is larger than the theoretical one, the hot-image intensity will remain steady; once the pinhole diameter becomes smaller than the theoretical one, the hot-image intensity will begin to decrease. Moreover, as the pinhole diameter decreases, a more prominent restraining effect can be obtained. But reducing the diameter of the spatial filter would lead to greater beam energy loss. The parameters of the spatial filter must be chosen to guarantee that the scheme fulfills the demand for low beam energy loss and a satisfactory restraining effect simultaneously.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Optical Information Science and Technology, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Jianlin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Liangping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Zhijun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Honghao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Jingqin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Junpu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao