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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453143
