Title :
Coherent beam combining of fiber amplifiers in the femtosecond regime
Author :
Daniault, L. ; Hanna, M. ; Lombard, L. ; Zaouter, Y. ; Mottay, E. ; Goular, D. ; Bourdon, P. ; Druon, F. ; Georges, P.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Charles Fabry de l´´Inst. d´´Opt., Univ. Paris Sud, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We report on the coherent beam combining of two identical femtosecond Yb-doped fiber chirped pulse amplifiers, using active control of the phase between the amplifiers by use of an integrated electro-optics phase modulator.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; ytterbium; active control; coherent beam combining; femtosecond fiber chirped pulse amplifiers; integrated electro-optics phase modulator; Optical fiber polarization; Photodiodes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943120