TY - GEN
T1 - Phase Locking Fluctuations of 25 Coupled Fiber Lasers
AU - Nixon, Micha
AU - Fridman, Moti
AU - Pugatch, Rami
AU - Friesem, Asher A.
AU - Davidson, Nir
PY - 2011/5/22
Y1 - 2011/5/22
N2 - Phase locking of coupled fiber lasers requires that there exists at least one longitudinal-mode common to all lasers within their bandwidth. As the number of coupled lasers increases, the probability of finding such a longitudinal-mode drops exponentially [1]. Nevertheless, since the length and the corresponding longitudinal-modes of each fiber laser fluctuate randomly due to acoustic and thermal noises, there is a finite probability for having an instantaneous common longitudinal-mode. Due to mode competition, when such a rare event occurs, the lasers lock to this specific longitudinal-mode, resulting in a high fringe visibility interference pattern [2].
AB - Phase locking of coupled fiber lasers requires that there exists at least one longitudinal-mode common to all lasers within their bandwidth. As the number of coupled lasers increases, the probability of finding such a longitudinal-mode drops exponentially [1]. Nevertheless, since the length and the corresponding longitudinal-modes of each fiber laser fluctuate randomly due to acoustic and thermal noises, there is a finite probability for having an instantaneous common longitudinal-mode. Due to mode competition, when such a rare event occurs, the lasers lock to this specific longitudinal-mode, resulting in a high fringe visibility interference pattern [2].
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052296254&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943173
DO - 10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943173
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80052296254
SN - 9781457705335
T3 - Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
BT - 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO EUROPE/EQEC 2011
T2 - 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO EUROPE/EQEC 2011
Y2 - 22 May 2011 through 26 May 2011
ER -