Coherently combined diode laser arrays and stacks

Author

Huang, Robin K. ; Chann, Bien ; Missaggia, Leo J. ; Augst, Steven J. ; Connors, Michael K. ; Turner, George W. ; Sanchez-Rubio, Antonio ; Donnelly, Joseph P. ; Hostetler, John L. ; Miester, Carl ; Dorsch, Friedhelm

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We have coherently combined up to 7.2 W CW using an individually addressable 10-element-array of 960-nm slab-coupled optical waveguide lasers (SCOWLs). We are currently scaling the phase-locked output power to 100 W using SCOWL stacks.

Keywords

laser beams; laser mode locking; light coherence; semiconductor laser arrays; waveguide lasers; SCOWL; coherent beam combination; diode laser arrays; phase-locking; power 100 W; slab-coupled optical waveguide lasers; wavelength 960 nm; Diode lasers; Optical amplifiers; Optical arrays; Optical resonators; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Semiconductor laser arrays; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers; (140.2010) Diode laser arrays; (140.2020) Diode lasers; (140.3410) Laser resonators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

Filename

5225983