Coherent combining of 49 laser beams from a multiple core optical fiber by a spatial light modulator

Opt Express. 2010 Mar 1;18(5):4783-9. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.004783.

Abstract

We report co-phasing of 49 beams from a multicore fiber based on a spatial light modulator using a simple feedback loop control. A specific fiber of 7x7 Germanium doped cores was fabricated. The power carried by the far field main lobe of the phased array, in the continuous wave regime, amounts to 96% of its theoretical value. Femtoseconde pulses were also phase-locked with the same device configuration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't