Title :
High-power, high-brightness laser beam combining
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
This tutorial presentation (at the conference venue) will cover the fundamentals of laser beam combining, including requirements on the array elements, basic scaling laws, and implementations. Examples from the literature will be used to show the progress being made.
Keywords :
brightness; laser beams; semiconductor laser arrays; coherent beam combining; high-power high-brightness laser beam combining; high-power high-brightness sources; lasers arrays; wavelength beam combining; Brightness; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Surface emitting lasers; Tutorials;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1526-6
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280729
