• DocumentCode
    1663206
  • Title

    Intracavity coherent beam combining of 21 semiconductor gain elements using SPGD

  • Author

    Augst, S.J. ; Montoya, J. ; Creedon, K. ; Kansky, J. ; Fan, T.Y. ; Sanchez-Rubio, A.

  • Author_Institution
    M.I.T. Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Coherent beam combining (CBC) allows for achieving high output power in a single diffraction limited beam. Here we report on intracavity CBC of 21-element semiconductor array with 81% beam combining efficiency out of a system maximum combining efficiency of 90%.
  • Keywords
    diffractive optical elements; laser beams; light coherence; optical arrays; photodetectors; 21-element semiconductor array; SPGD; diffractive optical element; intracavity coherent beam combining; semiconductor gain elements; Adaptive optics; Arrays; Diffraction; Laser beams; Optical feedback; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;
  • 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
    6326008
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1663206