DocumentCode
3131609
Title
Coherent Beam Combining of Multiple Solid-state Lasers with Simplified Active Stabilization
Author
Wang, Qiang ; Yan, Li ; Ho, P.-T.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD
fYear
2006
fDate
Oct. 2006
Firstpage
745
Lastpage
746
Abstract
The gain linewidth limits the scalability of combining multiple lasers by mutual injection locking. We propose a method to improve the scalability with a simple active stabilization scheme, and present results with Nd: YVO4 lasers
Keywords
laser beams; laser mode locking; laser stability; light coherence; neodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YVO4:Nd; active stabilization scheme; coherent beam; gain linewidth limitation; multiple solid-state lasers; mutual injection locking; scalability; Fluctuations; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser stability; Laser theory; Scalability; Solid lasers; Spatial coherence; Working environment noise;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN
0-7803-9555-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278964
Filename
4054399
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