Beam quality factor for coherently combined fiber laser beams

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-271

  Zhou, Pu ^a   Liu, Zejin ^a   Xu, Xiaojun ^a   Chen, Zilun ^a   Wang, Xiaolin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Coherent combining; Fiber laser array

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FIBER LASERS; LASERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

BEAM PROPAGATION FACTORS; COHERENT COMBINING; FILL FACTORS; LASER ARRAYS; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; PHASE ERRORS; QUALITY FACTORS; THEORETICAL ANALYSES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 56949105943     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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