• 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