DocumentCode
1771545
Title
Simple non-PM fiber based beam combination architecture
Author
Benedick, Andrew ; Riley, Michael ; Redmond, Stephen ; Tso Yee Fan
Author_Institution
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Efficient combination of an array of lasers requires alignment of their polarization states. We demonstrate a simple architecture for polarization control by coherently combining eight passive non-PM fibers resulting in a PER of 19 dB.
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser arrays; laser beams; optical fibre polarisation; PER; laser array; nonPM fiber based beam combination architecture; passive nonPM fibers; polarization control; polarization states; Arrays; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989486
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