Coherent optical beam combination using double-coated glass mirrors/mirror pairs
US6717719B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/2383
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multiplexing device using N-stages of double-coated planar glass mirrors or coated mirror pairs to coherently combine the output of 2N narrow-bandwidth, diffraction-limited, polarized, and phase-locked optical beams to produce a single diffraction-limited beam with a power close to 2N times that of a single beam. A multiplexer system is also disclosed to control the relative phases of the 2N beams used in conjunction with the multiplexing device.
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