• DocumentCode
    1771543
  • Title

    Intracavity coherent beam combining of solid-state gain elements using active phase control

  • Author

    Montoya, Juan ; Augst, S.J. ; Creedon, K. ; Kansky, J. ; Sanchez-Rubio, A. ; Fan, Tso Yee

  • Author_Institution
    M.I.T. Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Beam combining of a laser array allows power scaling with increased brightness. Here we report 27 W of coherently combined power from 9 solid-state intracavity gain elements with a combining efficiency of 87%.
  • Keywords
    brightness; laser arrays; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical control; solid lasers; active phase control; brightness; efficiency 87 percent; intracavity coherent beam combining; laser array; power 27 W; power scaling; solid-state intracavity gain elements; Integrated optics; Laser beams; Optical diffraction; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical variables control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989485