Laser beam combining for high-power, high-radiance sources

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 567-577

  Fan, T Y ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser arrays; Laser beam combining; Phased arrays; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

LASER ARRAYS; LASER BEAM COMBINING; PHASED ARRAYS; WAVELENGTH (SPECTRAL) TECHNIQUES;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FIBER LASERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 27344433032     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.850241     Document Type: Article

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