Title :
Phase locking and beam combining of lasers with intra-cavity polarization elements
Author :
Ronen, E. ; Friesem, A.A. ; Davidson, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
Abstract :
New configurations for phase locking and beam combining very large laser arrays with intra-cavity polarization elements are presented. We demonstrated efficient phase lock of 24 Nd:YAG lasers and beam combining of 5 lases.
Keywords :
laser arrays; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; neodymium; solid lasers; YAG:Nd; intra-cavity polarization element; laser arrays; laser beams; laser phase locking; Displacement measurement; Gain measurement; Laser beam cutting; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Phase measurement; Phased arrays; Polarization; (140.3298);
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
