Title :
Efficient coherent beam combining of fiber lasers using multiplexed volume Bragg gratings
Author :
Jain, Apurva ; Spiegelberg, Christine ; Smirnov, Vadim ; Bochove, Erik ; Glebov, Leonid
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Highly efficient, stable, and scalable passive coherent beam combining of fiber lasers using multiplexed volume Bragg gratings is presented. We report combining efficiency of >;90% for two channels and demonstrate channel scalability to four channels.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; laser beams; light coherence; multiplexing; channel scalability; fiber lasers; highly efficient beam combining; multiplexed volume Bragg gratings; scalable passive coherent beam combining; stable beam combining; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Multiplexing; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
