TY - JOUR
T1 - Fiber-laser monolithic coherent beam combiner based on multicore photonic crystal fiber
AU - Malka, Dror
AU - Sintov, Yoav
AU - Zalevsky, Zeev
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - A monolithic coherent combiner scheme for combining multiple fiber lasers based on a photonic crystal fiber is described. Beam propagation method (BPM) simulations show that the beam combiner efficiency can reach 96% for a 4 × 1 combiner, 94% for an 8 × 1 combiner, and 91% for a 16 × 1 combiner, provided the fiber lasers are phase matched. In addition, a 2 × 1 intensity polarization combiner is proposed and simulated through full vectorial BPM, yielding a combining efficiency of 95%. This concept can lead to a rugged and efficient combiner for multiple fiber lasers.
AB - A monolithic coherent combiner scheme for combining multiple fiber lasers based on a photonic crystal fiber is described. Beam propagation method (BPM) simulations show that the beam combiner efficiency can reach 96% for a 4 × 1 combiner, 94% for an 8 × 1 combiner, and 91% for a 16 × 1 combiner, provided the fiber lasers are phase matched. In addition, a 2 × 1 intensity polarization combiner is proposed and simulated through full vectorial BPM, yielding a combining efficiency of 95%. This concept can lead to a rugged and efficient combiner for multiple fiber lasers.
KW - beam propagation method
KW - birefringence
KW - lasers
KW - photonic crystal fiber
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84922573077&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1117/1.oe.54.1.011007
DO - 10.1117/1.oe.54.1.011007
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???
AN - SCOPUS:84922573077
SN - 0091-3286
VL - 54
JO - Optical Engineering
JF - Optical Engineering
IS - 1
M1 - 011007
ER -