Coherent combining of two laser diodes phase-locked by an external Michelson cavity (orale)

Guillaume Schimmel (1) , Ioana Doyen (1) , Sylvie Janicot (1) , Patricia Ramirez (1) , Marc Hanna (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , Gaëlle Lucas-Leclin (1) , V. Vilokkinen (2) , P. Melanen (2) , P. Uusimaa (2) , S. Bull (3) , E. C. Larkins (3)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Lasers
2 Modulight Inc.
3 The School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

We describe a coherent beam combining architecture based on passive phase-locking of two laser diodes in a Michelson external cavity and their coherent combination. Two ridge lasers have been coherently combined with 90% efficiency. Different active phase-locking schemes have been compared to stabilize the external cavity.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]; Optics / Photonic

Guillaume Schimmel, Ioana Doyen, Sylvie Janicot, Patricia Ramirez, Marc Hanna, et al.. Coherent combining of two laser diodes phase-locked by an external Michelson cavity (orale). European Semiconductor Laser Workshop, Sep 2014, Paris, France. ⟨hal-01086072⟩