Coherent summation of injection-locked, diode-pumped Nd:YAG ring lasers
| Autor: | Glen A. Rines, James Harrison, Peter F. Moulton, James R. Leger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Materials science
business.industry Ti:sapphire laser Physics::Optics chemistry.chemical_element Ring laser Laser pumping Laser Neodymium Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Semiconductor laser theory law.invention Injection locking Optics chemistry Solid-state laser law Optoelectronics Physics::Atomic Physics business |
| Zdroj: | Optics letters. 13(2) |
| ISSN: | 0146-9592 |
| Popis: | A binary grating has been used to achieve coherent summation of diode-laser-pumped Nd:YAG ring lasers operating at 1.06 μm. Mutual coherence of two such devices was achieved by optical injection locking. This is believed to be the first demonstration of cw injection locking of solid-state lasers other than semiconductor diode lasers. By combining two beams, an efficiency of 75% (92% of the theoretical limit) has been demonstrated in a configuration that could be used to combine a large number of individual lasers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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