• 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