DocumentCode
3014663
Title
First Experimental Demonstration of Fiber Amplifier Array Phase Locking without an External Reference Beam
Author
Shay, T.M. ; Benham, V. ; Baker, J.T. ; Sanchez, A.D. ; Pilkington, D. ; Nelson, Lt Douglas ; Lua, C.A.
Author_Institution
Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland AFB
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
A novel, highly accurate, all electronic architecture for phase locking arrays of optical fibers without a reference beam is demonstrated. The measured phase error is lambda/20 for both passive fibers and for fiber amplifier arrays.
Keywords
laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; fiber amplifier array; optical fibers; passive fibers; phase error; phase locking arrays; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser beams; Laser feedback; Optical arrays; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Phase control; Phase modulation; Phased arrays; Radio frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453143
Filename
4453143
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