Narrow linewidth coherent beam combining of optical fiber amplifier arrays

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Shay, T. M. [1 ]
Benham, Vincent [2 ]
Baker, J. T. [3 ]
Sanchez, Anthony D. [1 ]
Pilkington, D. [1 ]
Nelson, Douglas J. [1 ]
Lu, Chunte A. [1 ]
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[1] Air Force Res Lab, Directed Energy Directorate, 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117 USA
[2] IIT Ind, Albuquerque, NM 87110 USA
[3] Boeing LTS Inc, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA
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10.1117/12.714639
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The first theory for two novel coherent beam combination architectures that are the first electronic beam combination architectures that completely eliminate the need for a separate reference beam are presented. Experimental results demonstrating the coherent addition of a 3 by 3 array of fiber amplifiers with a total phase locked power of 100-W are also described.
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