High-power operation of coherently coupled tapered laser diodes in an external cavity

We demonstrate a rear-side phase-locking architecture with two high-brightness diode lasers. This technique is based on the passive phase-locking of emitters in an external cavity on their rear facet, and their coherent combination on the front facet. Two high-brightness high-power tapered laser dio...

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Main Authors: Schimmel, G., Doyen, I., Janicot, S., Hanna, M., Georges, P., Lucas-Leclin, G., Decker, J., Crump, P., Erbert, G., Kaunga-Nyirenda, S., Moss, D., Bull, S., Larkins, E.C., Witte, U., Traub, M.
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author Schimmel, G.
Doyen, I.
Janicot, S.
Hanna, M.
Georges, P.
Lucas-Leclin, G.
Decker, J.
Crump, P.
Erbert, G.
Kaunga-Nyirenda, S.
Moss, D.
Bull, S.
Larkins, E.C.
Witte, U.
Traub, M.
author_facet Schimmel, G.
Doyen, I.
Janicot, S.
Hanna, M.
Georges, P.
Lucas-Leclin, G.
Decker, J.
Crump, P.
Erbert, G.
Kaunga-Nyirenda, S.
Moss, D.
Bull, S.
Larkins, E.C.
Witte, U.
Traub, M.
author_sort Schimmel, G.
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description We demonstrate a rear-side phase-locking architecture with two high-brightness diode lasers. This technique is based on the passive phase-locking of emitters in an external cavity on their rear facet, and their coherent combination on the front facet. Two high-brightness high-power tapered laser diodes are coherently combined using a Michelson-based cavity. The combining efficiency is above 80% and results in an output power of 6.7 W in a nearly diffraction-limited beam. The rear-side architecture is then used with a laser bar of 5 tapered emitters using an interferometric extended cavity, based on a diffractive optical element. We describe the experimental evaluation of the diffractive optical element, and the phase-locked operation of the laser bar.
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spelling nottingham-354842020-05-04T17:50:55Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35484/ High-power operation of coherently coupled tapered laser diodes in an external cavity Schimmel, G. Doyen, I. Janicot, S. Hanna, M. Georges, P. Lucas-Leclin, G. Decker, J. Crump, P. Erbert, G. Kaunga-Nyirenda, S. Moss, D. Bull, S. Larkins, E.C. Witte, U. Traub, M. We demonstrate a rear-side phase-locking architecture with two high-brightness diode lasers. This technique is based on the passive phase-locking of emitters in an external cavity on their rear facet, and their coherent combination on the front facet. Two high-brightness high-power tapered laser diodes are coherently combined using a Michelson-based cavity. The combining efficiency is above 80% and results in an output power of 6.7 W in a nearly diffraction-limited beam. The rear-side architecture is then used with a laser bar of 5 tapered emitters using an interferometric extended cavity, based on a diffractive optical element. We describe the experimental evaluation of the diffractive optical element, and the phase-locked operation of the laser bar. 2016-05-23 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Schimmel, G., Doyen, I., Janicot, S., Hanna, M., Georges, P., Lucas-Leclin, G., Decker, J., Crump, P., Erbert, G., Kaunga-Nyirenda, S., Moss, D., Bull, S., Larkins, E.C., Witte, U. and Traub, M. (2016) High-power operation of coherently coupled tapered laser diodes in an external cavity. In: High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications XIV, 15-16 February 2016, San Francisco, California, United States. coherent beam combining passive phase-locking self-organized extended cavity diode lasers http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2211613 10.1117/12.2211613 10.1117/12.2211613 10.1117/12.2211613
spellingShingle coherent beam combining
passive phase-locking
self-organized extended cavity
diode lasers
Schimmel, G.
Doyen, I.
Janicot, S.
Hanna, M.
Georges, P.
Lucas-Leclin, G.
Decker, J.
Crump, P.
Erbert, G.
Kaunga-Nyirenda, S.
Moss, D.
Bull, S.
Larkins, E.C.
Witte, U.
Traub, M.
High-power operation of coherently coupled tapered laser diodes in an external cavity
title High-power operation of coherently coupled tapered laser diodes in an external cavity
title_full High-power operation of coherently coupled tapered laser diodes in an external cavity
title_fullStr High-power operation of coherently coupled tapered laser diodes in an external cavity
title_full_unstemmed High-power operation of coherently coupled tapered laser diodes in an external cavity
title_short High-power operation of coherently coupled tapered laser diodes in an external cavity
title_sort high-power operation of coherently coupled tapered laser diodes in an external cavity
topic coherent beam combining
passive phase-locking
self-organized extended cavity
diode lasers
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