Coherent combining of two high-brightness laser diodes phase-locked by a Michelson-type external cavity (Orale)

Guillaume Schimmel (1) , I Doyen (1) , Patricia Ramirez (1) , S Janicot (1) , Marc Hanna (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , Gaëlle Lucas-Leclin (1) , V Vilokkinen (2) , P Melanen (2) , P Uusimaa (2) , J Decker (3) , P Crump (3) , G Erbert (3)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Lasers
2 Modulight Inc.
3 FBH - Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchtstfrequenztechnik

We describe a new coherent beam combin- ing 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.

Keywords: high-brightness laser diode; coherent beam combining; tapered laser diode

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]; Engineering Sciences [physics]; Optics / Photonic

Guillaume Schimmel, I Doyen, Patricia Ramirez, S Janicot, Marc Hanna, et al.. Coherent combining of two high-brightness laser diodes phase-locked by a Michelson-type external cavity (Orale). Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe and the European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO®/Europe-EQEC 2015),, Jun 2015, Munich, Germany. ⟨hal-01171402⟩