DocumentCode
2559610
Title
First experimental demonstration of coherent fiber array phase locking without an external reference beam
Author
Shay, T.M. ; Benham, V. ; Baker, J.T. ; Ward, B. ; Culpepper, Mark A. ; Sanchez, A.D. ; Pilkington, D. ; Spring, Lt Justin ; Berdine, R.
Author_Institution
Air Force Res. Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM
fYear
0
fDate
0-0 0
Firstpage
27
Lastpage
28
Abstract
A 3times3 passive fiber and a 3times2 fiber amplifier arrays were phase locked using two novel phase locking architectures. The measured phase error was lambda/22 independent of the number of elements locked
Keywords
measurement errors; optical arrays; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibres; optical phase locked loops; coherent fiber array phase locking; fiber amplifier arrays; phase error; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Phase control; Phase modulation; Phased arrays; Radio frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2006 Digest of the
Conference_Location
Quebec City, Que.
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0090-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOSST.2006.1694021
Filename
1694021
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