Title :
Intra-cavity coherent addition of Gaussian laser beam distributions
Author :
Ishaaya, A.A. ; Davidson, N. ; Shimshi, L. ; Friesem, A.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Israel
Abstract :
A novel method for efficient coherent addition of separate Gaussian laser beam distributions, with an intra-cavity interferometric coupler, is presented. Experimental results reveal 92% combining efficiency and a nearly Gaussian output beam.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; light coherence; optical couplers; 92 percent; Gaussian laser beam distributions; efficient coherent addition; intracavity coherent addition; intracavity interferometric coupler;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
