Power scaling of a fiber master oscillator power amplifier system using a coherent polarization beam combination

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 6762-6765

  Uberna, Radoslaw ^a   Bratcher, Andrew ^a   Tiemann, Bruce G ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SERVO AMPLIFIERS;

ARBITRARY NUMBER; COHERENT POLARIZATION; COHERENT SUPERPOSITIONS; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED BEAMS; FIBER MASTER-OSCILLATOR; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; PHASE MODULATOR; POWER-SCALING;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 78650432127     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.006762     Document Type: Article

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