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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278964
