Title :
Phase locking of many lasers by combined Talbot cavity and Fourier filtering
Author :
Tradonsky, Chene ; Pal, Vishwa ; Chriki, Ronen ; Friesem, Asher A. ; Davidson, Nir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
Abstract :
Efficient in-phase coupling of hundreds of lasers by means of combined Talbot cavity and intra-cavity spatial Fourier filtering is developed. Simulated and experimental results for square, triangular and honeycomb laser arrays are presented.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; Talbot effect; laser arrays; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical filters; spatial filters; Talbot cavity; honeycomb laser arrays; intracavity spatial Fourier filtering; laser in-phase coupling; square laser arrays; triangular laser arrays; Apertures; Cavity resonators; Diffraction; Filtering; Imaging; Optical filters; Phased arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
