• DocumentCode
    521272
  • Title

    Coherent beam combining of fiber amplifiers and solid-state lasers, including the use of diffractive optical elements

  • Author

    Wickham, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Northrop Grumman Corp., USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Two significant coherent combining solid state laser systems will be described. One approach uses a fiber optic amplifier array and the other uses 7 tiled slab amplifier chains. The first of these demonstrated very high efficiency and near perfect beam quality. The 2nd of these approaches reached a world record 105 kW of power CW.
  • Keywords
    Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical arrays; Optical diffraction; Optical fiber amplifiers; Phased arrays; Power lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Solid lasers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500886
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=521272