title: Coherent beam combination of two nanosecond fiber amplifiers by an all-optical feedback loop.
abstract: A passive coherent beam combination of two nanosecond amplifiers is realized by using an all-optical feedback loop. The width of the combined pulses is 9.7 ns, and the pulse repetition frequency is 2.023 MHz. With the least mismatch between pulse period and time of the cavity round trip in our loop, the visibility of far-field coherent patterns is more than 71%. The dynamics of passive phase locking is studied, and the established time of phase locking of two pulsed amplifiers is at least 10 cavity round trips in the all-optical feedback loop.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Houkang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jingxing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Yunrong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Qihong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lou