Title :
High power fiber amplifiers for kilowatt fiber arrays
Author :
Hammons, Dennis ; Anderegg, Jesse ; Brosnan, Stephen ; Komini, Hiroshi ; Wickham, Michael
Author_Institution :
Northrop Grumman Space Technol., Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
Continuous-wave fiber based master-oscillator power-amplifier has demonstrated output powers over 150 W from a robustly single-mode polarization maintaining fiber amplifier. The amplifier is designed for coherent beam combining to generate kilowatt class fiber arrays.
Keywords :
optical arrays; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; 150 W; coherent beam; continuous-wave fiber; high power fiber amplifier; kilowatt fiber array; master-oscillator power-amplifier; single-mode polarization; Fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
