Self-organized coherence in fiber laser arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5335, Issue , 2004, Pages 89-97

  Minden, M L ^a   Bruesselbach, Hans ^a   Rogers, J L ^a   Mangir, M S ^a   Jones, D C ^a   Dunning, G J ^a   Hammon, D L ^c   Soils, A J ^c   Vaughan, L ^b  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coherent coupling; Fiber lasers; Self organization

Indexed keywords

COHERENT COUPLING; FIBRE COUPLERS; SELF ORGANIZATION;

ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CHAOS THEORY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 4344703157     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.536444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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