Comparative study on the propagation performance of coherently combined and incoherently combined beams

Optics Communications

Volumn 282, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1640-1647

  Zhou, Pu ^a   Liu, Zejin ^a   Xu, Xiaojun ^a   Chu, Xiuxiang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Coherent combining; Incoherent combining; Jitter; Laser beam propagation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; FIBER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LUMINESCENCE; SCINTILLATION; TURBULENCE;

BEAM PROPAGATION FACTORS; BEAM QUALITY FACTORS; COHERENT COMBINING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FAR FIELDS; FREE SPACES; HIGH MOMENTS; INCOHERENT COMBINING; LASER BEAM PROPAGATION; LASER OUTPUT POWER; LASER SYSTEMS; NEAR FIELDS; OUTPUT POWER; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; PHASE ERRORS; QUANTITATIVE STUDIES; SCINTILLATION INDICES; TURBULENT ATMOSPHERES;

JITTER;

EID: 60749091532     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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