Title :
Advanced packaging of high-power Slab-Coupled Optical Waveguide laser and amplifier arrays for coherent beam combining
Author :
Missaggia, L.J. ; Huang, R.K. ; Chann, B. ; Brattain, M.A. ; Connors, M.K. ; Creedon, K.J. ; Caissie, J.M. ; Sanchez-Rubio, A. ; Turner, G.W.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Individually addressable GaAs-based 9XX-nm Slab-Coupled Optical Waveguide (SCOW) laser and amplifier arrays have been demonstrated in a modular 2-D stacked architecture. Approximately 20 W of coherently-combined power was obtained from two optically stacked amplifier modules.
Keywords :
High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Optical amplifiers; Optical arrays; Optical waveguides; Packaging; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
