Title :
Laser beam combining: techniques and prospects
Author_Institution :
MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
The prospects for power and brightness scaling of lasers by using arrays of gain elements have been enhanced by advances in beam combining. An overview of the fundamentals and of recent progress will be given.
Keywords :
laser arrays; laser beams; brightness scaling; gain elements array; laser beam combining; power scaling;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6