Title :
Fiber laser array passively phase locked in a ring cavity
Author :
Lhermite, J. ; Desfarges-Berthelemot, A. ; Kermene, V. ; Barthelemy, A.
Author_Institution :
XLIM, Limoges
Abstract :
We report on the passive phase-locking of an array of four fiber amplifiers in a ring cavity. The feedback loop is a single mode fiber that performs an intracavity filtering of the far field pattern.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; fiber amplifiers; fiber laser array; intracavity filtering; passive phase-locking; ring cavity; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Optical arrays; Optical feedback; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Phased arrays; Ring lasers; (070.6110) Spatial filtering; (140.3510) fiber Lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
