Brightness-Scaling Potential of Actively Phase-Locked Solid-State Laser Arrays
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Goodno, G. D.; Asman, C. P.; Anderegg, J.; Brosnan, S.; Cheung, E. C.; Hammons, D.; Injeyan, H.; Komine, H.; Long, W. H.; McClellan, M.; McNaught, S. J.; Redmond, S.; Simpson, R.; Sollee, J.; Weber, M.; Weiss, S. B.; Wickham, M.
- Source
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics IEEE J. Select. Topics Quantum Electron. Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of. 13(3):460-472 Jun, 2007
- Subject
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Phased arrays
Solid lasers
Optical arrays
Laser beams
Power lasers
Fiber lasers
Laser noise
Power generation
Space technology
Diodes
Laser amplifiers
Laser arrays
laser beam
- Language
- ISSN
- 1077-260X
1558-4542
Recent progress in developing phased arrays of high-brightness solid-state lasers is summarized. We address the prospects for continued brightness-scaling via a model that extrapolates measured results to large numbers of array elements and provides a quantitative illustration of the features of coherent beam combination. This demonstrates that with present-day technology, both slab and fiber lasers have the capability to scale to unprecedented brightness levels.