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27 April 2010 Modal conversion of a phase-locked extended-cavity diode laser array into a single lobe
David Pabœuf, Florian Emaury, Sébastien de Rossi, Arnaud Jérome, Michel Lamare, Raymond Mercier, Gaëlle Lucas-Leclin, Patrick Georges
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Abstract
Phase-locked operation of an array of ten diode lasers is demonstrated in an extended-cavity using the Talbot self-imaging effect. An output power up to 1.7 W has been obtained. The extracavity coherent conversion of the multilobed array supermode into a Gaussian mode is investigated theoretically based on a binary phase grating. The best configuration results in a conversion efficiency of 83%. Experimentally, the conversion efficiency reaches 50% and is limited by the imperfect coherence of the laser array. We conclude that the conversion setup provides an actual measurement of the power in the selected array supermode.
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David Pabœuf, Florian Emaury, Sébastien de Rossi, Arnaud Jérome, Michel Lamare, Raymond Mercier, Gaëlle Lucas-Leclin, and Patrick Georges "Modal conversion of a phase-locked extended-cavity diode laser array into a single lobe", Proc. SPIE 7720, Semiconductor Lasers and Laser Dynamics IV, 77200P (27 April 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.854464
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KEYWORDS
Diffractive optical elements

Near field

Semiconductor lasers

Diffraction

Diffraction gratings

Fiber Bragg gratings

Binary data

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