• 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