EFFICIENT DIFFRACTION-LIMITED BEAM COMBINING OF SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER DIODE-ARRAYS USING PHOTOREFRACTIVE BATIO3

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VERDIELL, JM
RAJBENBACH, H
HUIGNARD, JP
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[1] Laboratoire Central de Recherches, Thomson-CSF
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10.1109/68.58051
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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We report beam combining of 820 nm wavelength laser diodes using two-wave mixing in BaTiO3. Energy transfer efficiencies up to 80% are obtained with an index-guided diode. Efficient beam combining of two injection-locked laser arrays is demonstrated. Nearly 100 mW power in a diffraction-limited beam is obtained on the combined beam. Crystal response time of the order of a few seconds is measured. © 1990 IEEE
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