Title :
Phase-locking and coherent power combining of linearly chirped optical waves
Author :
Satyan, Naresh ; Vasilyev, Arseny ; Rakuljic, George ; White, Jeffrey O. ; Yariv, Amnon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Mater. Sci., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Rapidly chirped optical waveforms reduce stimulated Brillouin scattering in fiber amplifiers, enabling higher output powers. This work demonstrates homodyne and heterodyne phase-locking, and coherent combining, of linearly chirped optical waves using acoustooptic frequency shifters.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; heterodyne detection; homodyne detection; laser beams; optical phase locked loops; acoustooptic frequency shifters; coherent power combining; fiber amplifiers; heterodyne phase-locking; homodyne phase-locking; linearly chirped optical waves; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Adaptive optics; Chirp; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
