Binary coherent beam combination with mirror pairs.
A configuration of N coated mirrors or mirror pairs is described that has the potential to coherently combine 2N single-frequency phase-locked diffraction-limited polarized optical beams to form a single diffraction-limited beam. The application to beam combination of fiber amplifiers is discussed.
Moore
Gerald T
GT
Directed Energy Directorate, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico 87117-5776, USA.