Coherent combining of two high-brightness laser diodes phase-locked by a Michelson-type external cavity
G. Schimmel1, I. Doyen1, L.P. Ramirez1, S. Janicot1, M. Hanna1, P. Georges1, G. Lucas-Leclin1, V. Vilokkinen2, P. Melanen2, P. Uusimaa2, J. Decker3, P. Crump3, G. Erbert3
Published in:
Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conf. (CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015), Jun. 21-25, Munich, Germany, ISBN: 978-1-4673-7475-0, paper CB_5_3 (2015).
Abstract:
We describe a new coherent beam combining architecture based on the passive phase- locking of two laser diodes in a Michelson external cavity on their rear side, and their coherent combination on their front side.
1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud 11, Palaiseau, France
2 Modulight, Hermiankatu 22, FI-33720 Tampere, Finland
3 Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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