Narrow linewidth coherent beam combining of optical fiber amplifier arrays

Thomas M. Shay; Vincent Benham; Jeffrey T. Baker; Anthony D. Sanchez; Daniel Pilkington; Douglas J. Nelson; Chunte A. Lu

doi:10.1117/12.714639

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9 March 2007 Narrow linewidth coherent beam combining of optical fiber amplifier arrays

Thomas M. Shay, Vincent Benham, Jeffrey T. Baker, Anthony D. Sanchez, Daniel Pilkington, Douglas J. Nelson, Chunte A. Lu

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Proceedings Volume 6451, Solid State Lasers XVI: Technology and Devices; 64511N (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.714639
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The first theory for two novel coherent beam combination architectures that are the first electronic beam combination architectures that completely eliminate the need for a separate reference beam are presented. Experimental results demonstrating the coherent addition of a 3 by 3 array of fiber amplifiers with a total phase locked power of 100-W are also described.

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Thomas M. Shay, Vincent Benham, Jeffrey T. Baker, Anthony D. Sanchez, Daniel Pilkington, Douglas J. Nelson, and Chunte A. Lu "Narrow linewidth coherent beam combining of optical fiber amplifier arrays", Proc. SPIE 6451, Solid State Lasers XVI: Technology and Devices, 64511N (9 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.714639

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