Directly Emitting a High-Power Phase-Locked Laser Array by an Internal Phase Sensing System

In this article, we experimentally presented a compact, packaged high-power coherent fiber laser array based on an internal phase sensing technique. In the experiment, a laser array with three beamlets was utilized for experimental presentation. The power output of each laser channel was increased t...

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Main Authors: Jinhu Long, Shuyue He, Qi Chang, Zhiqiang Gao, Yanxing Ma, Rongtao Su, Pengfei Ma, Pu Zhou
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10384675/
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author Jinhu Long
Shuyue He
Qi Chang
Zhiqiang Gao
Yanxing Ma
Rongtao Su
Pengfei Ma
Pu Zhou
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Shuyue He
Qi Chang
Zhiqiang Gao
Yanxing Ma
Rongtao Su
Pengfei Ma
Pu Zhou
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description In this article, we experimentally presented a compact, packaged high-power coherent fiber laser array based on an internal phase sensing technique. In the experiment, a laser array with three beamlets was utilized for experimental presentation. The power output of each laser channel was increased to exceed 500 W. Owing to the exceptional system design and effective thermal management, the internal phase sensing system maintained a remarkable level of performance. When the dynamic phase noise was compensated effectively by the stochastic parallel gradient descent (SPGD) algorithm, the high-power laser array was combined with phase-locked synchronization and directly emitted to the free space. When the output combined power was increased from 3 W to 1.5 kW, the phase deviation remained to be less than λ/27. In addition, the phase control error, element expansion, and further power scaling were fully discussed. This work may offer a practical reference for designing the compact, high-power fiber laser array.
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spelling doaj-art-d49cf4b70fa54f329fd824fc2fb57de32025-08-20T03:33:11ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552024-01-011611610.1109/JPHOT.2024.335173410384675Directly Emitting a High-Power Phase-Locked Laser Array by an Internal Phase Sensing SystemJinhu Long0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3864-0519Shuyue He1Qi Chang2Zhiqiang Gao3Yanxing Ma4Rongtao Su5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1555-5263Pengfei Ma6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6146-7419Pu Zhou7College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaIn this article, we experimentally presented a compact, packaged high-power coherent fiber laser array based on an internal phase sensing technique. In the experiment, a laser array with three beamlets was utilized for experimental presentation. The power output of each laser channel was increased to exceed 500 W. Owing to the exceptional system design and effective thermal management, the internal phase sensing system maintained a remarkable level of performance. When the dynamic phase noise was compensated effectively by the stochastic parallel gradient descent (SPGD) algorithm, the high-power laser array was combined with phase-locked synchronization and directly emitted to the free space. When the output combined power was increased from 3 W to 1.5 kW, the phase deviation remained to be less than λ/27. In addition, the phase control error, element expansion, and further power scaling were fully discussed. This work may offer a practical reference for designing the compact, high-power fiber laser array.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10384675/Fiber laserlaser arraycoherent beam combiningphase controlinternal phase sensing
spellingShingle Jinhu Long
Shuyue He
Qi Chang
Zhiqiang Gao
Yanxing Ma
Rongtao Su
Pengfei Ma
Pu Zhou
Directly Emitting a High-Power Phase-Locked Laser Array by an Internal Phase Sensing System
IEEE Photonics Journal
Fiber laser
laser array
coherent beam combining
phase control
internal phase sensing
title Directly Emitting a High-Power Phase-Locked Laser Array by an Internal Phase Sensing System
title_full Directly Emitting a High-Power Phase-Locked Laser Array by an Internal Phase Sensing System
title_fullStr Directly Emitting a High-Power Phase-Locked Laser Array by an Internal Phase Sensing System
title_full_unstemmed Directly Emitting a High-Power Phase-Locked Laser Array by an Internal Phase Sensing System
title_short Directly Emitting a High-Power Phase-Locked Laser Array by an Internal Phase Sensing System
title_sort directly emitting a high power phase locked laser array by an internal phase sensing system
topic Fiber laser
laser array
coherent beam combining
phase control
internal phase sensing
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10384675/
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