Title :
Demonstration of coherent beam combination of fiber amplifiers in 100ns-pulse regime
Author :
Lombard, L. ; Azarian, A. ; Cadoret, K. ; Bourdon, P. ; Goular, D. ; Canat, G. ; Jolivet, V. ; Jaouën, Y. ; Vasseur, O.
Author_Institution :
French Aerosp. Lab., Onera, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We present the first experimental coherent beam combining of two fiber amplifiers in 100ns-pulse-regime using a signal leak between the pulses. The ~100W SBS-limited peak power pulses are combined with 95% efficiency and λ/27 phase error.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; coherent beam combination; efficiency 95 percent; fiber amplifiers; power pulses; signal leak; time 100 ns; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; Laser beams; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
