Title :
Simple non-PM fiber based beam combination architecture
Author :
Benedick, Andrew ; Riley, Michael ; Redmond, Stephen ; Tso Yee Fan
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Efficient combination of an array of lasers requires alignment of their polarization states. We demonstrate a simple architecture for polarization control by coherently combining eight passive non-PM fibers resulting in a PER of 19 dB.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser arrays; laser beams; optical fibre polarisation; PER; laser array; nonPM fiber based beam combination architecture; passive nonPM fibers; polarization control; polarization states; Arrays; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
