Spectral Combining and Coherent Coupling of Lasers by Volume Bragg Gratings

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 344-353

  Andrusyak, Oleksiy ^a   Smirnov, Vadim ^b   Venus, George ^a   Rotar, Vasile ^a   Glebov, Leonid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OptiGrate Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Holographic optical components; Optical fiber lasers; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR SELECTIVITIES; COHERENT COUPLINGS; CONTINUOUS-WAVE LASER RADIATIONS; HIGH-POWER; HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL COMPONENTS; LASER BEAM CONTROLS; LONGITUDINAL MODES; OPTICAL ELEMENTS; OPTICAL FIBER LASERS; PHOTO-THERMO-REFRACTIVE GLASS; SPECTRAL BEAMS; SPECTRAL COMBINING; VOLUME BRAGG GRATINGS; VOLUME GRATINGS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBER LASERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 64549093733     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2012438     Document Type: Article

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