Title :
Coherent beam combining with high-power slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifiers
Author :
Smith, G.M. ; Redmond, S.M. ; Donnelly, J.P. ; Missaggia, L.J. ; Connors, M.K. ; Creedon, K.J. ; Mathewson, D.C. ; Swint, R.B. ; Sanchez-Rubio, A. ; Turner, G.W.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
SCOWAs have produced 1.5 W of output power with a 44 mW seed. Arrays of 47 SCOWA elements have demonstrated a raw power of 57 W. Coherent beam combining of these arrays will be discussed.
Keywords :
laser beams; quantum well lasers; semiconductor laser arrays; semiconductor optical amplifiers; waveguide lasers; SCOWA arrays; coherent beam combining; high-power slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifiers; laser output power; power 1.5 W; power 44 mW; power 57 W; Laser beams; Optical amplifiers; Optical beams; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power generation;
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.2012.6280730
