Title :
Scalable coherent beam coupling of fiber lasers
Author :
Shirakawa, Akira ; Sekiguchi, Tomoki ; Ueda, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated high efficiency coherent coupling between ring-cavity YAG lasers developed for the gravitational wave measurements. A single mode fiber laser is demonstrated for coherent coupling. The coupling efficiency is measured and is found to be limited by the internal loss due to the couplers and the narrow bandwidth of FBGs.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; laser modes; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; yttrium compounds; FBG; YAG; YAl5O12; coherent beam coupling; couplers; fiber lasers; gravitational wave measurements; internal loss; ring-cavity YAG lasers; scaling; single mode fiber laser; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Power generation; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274665
