DocumentCode
1771543
Title
Intracavity coherent beam combining of solid-state gain elements using active phase control
Author
Montoya, Juan ; Augst, S.J. ; Creedon, K. ; Kansky, J. ; Sanchez-Rubio, A. ; Fan, Tso Yee
Author_Institution
M.I.T. Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Beam combining of a laser array allows power scaling with increased brightness. Here we report 27 W of coherently combined power from 9 solid-state intracavity gain elements with a combining efficiency of 87%.
Keywords
brightness; laser arrays; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical control; solid lasers; active phase control; brightness; efficiency 87 percent; intracavity coherent beam combining; laser array; power 27 W; power scaling; solid-state intracavity gain elements; Integrated optics; Laser beams; Optical diffraction; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical variables control;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989485
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