DocumentCode
2924768
Title
Fiber Laser Coherent Array for Power Scaling, Bandwidth Narrowing, and Coherent Beam Direction Control
Author
Shirakawa, Akira ; Ueda, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution
Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, Japan; akira@ils.uec.ac.jp
fYear
2005
fDate
30-02 Aug. 2005
Firstpage
1058
Lastpage
1060
Abstract
A 12-MHz-bandwidth fiber laser is reported by coherently arraying eight 10-nm-bandwidth lasers with an 85% addition efficiency. By threshold control of the supermodes, high-speed (> 1kHz), high-contrast-ratio (> 20dB) beam direction control has been demonstrated.
Keywords
Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9242-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569653
Filename
1569653
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