DocumentCode
1650114
Title
Measurements of phase error tolerance in passive coherent beam combining
Author
Leger, James R. ; Wan, Chenhao
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The effects of phase errors on lasers coherently coupled by a passive spatially filtered cavity are experimentally measured. We show that the phases must be kept within approximately ± 0.1 radians to maintain coherence.
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser variables measurement; coherently coupled laser; passive coherent beam combining; passive spatially filtered cavity; phase error tolerance; Cavity resonators; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Loss measurement; Measurement by laser beam; Measurement uncertainty; Phase measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6325524
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