Passive coherent combining of two high-brightness tapered laser diodes in a Michelson external cavity

Guillaume Schimmel (1) , I Doyen (1) , S Janicot (1) , Marc Hanna (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , Gaëlle Lucas-Leclin (1) , J Decker (2) , P Crump (2) , G Erbert (2)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Lasers
2 FBH - Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchtstfrequenztechnik

We investigate a new CBC architecture using a common external cavity on the back side of the lasers for phase locking, while coherent beam superposition of phase-locked beams is realized on the front side.

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

Guillaume Schimmel, I Doyen, S Janicot, Marc Hanna, Patrick Georges, et al.. Passive coherent combining of two high-brightness tapered laser diodes in a Michelson external cavity. 3rd Workshop VECSEL , Nov 2015, Montpellier, France. ⟨hal-01256938⟩