Self-imaging-based high-power all-fiber coherent combiners: fabrication and preliminary demonstration

Y Liu, Y Li, Y Yan, Y Li, S Huang, W Wu, H Lin… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Self-imaging combiners can achieve near-perfect filled-aperture coherent beam
combination in an all-fiber format with a high-power operation capability. In this Letter, the …

Principle and numerical demonstration of high power all-fiber coherent beam combination based on self-imaging effect in a square core fiber

Y Yan, Y Liu, H Zhang, Y Li, Y Li, X Feng, D Yan… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The self-imaging effect in a square core fiber has been investigated, and an integrated all-
fiber combiner has been proposed based on a large mode area double clad fiber, which can …

Mismatch analysis of all-fiber coherent beam combiners based on the self-imaging effect

Y Yan, Y Liu, H Zhang, Y Li, C Guo, Q Shu… - High Power Laser …, 2024 - cambridge.org
All-fiber coherent beam combiners based on the self-imaging effect can achieve a near-
perfect single laser beam, which can provide a promising way to overcome the power …

All-fiber active coherent combining via a fiber combiner

J Li, H Zhao, Z Chen, X Wang, X Xu - Optics Communications, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a new approach for an all-fiber coherent beam combining by active phasing a
fiber combiner. The combined advantages of all-fiber format and large output core of the …

Incoherent beam combining of fiber lasers by an all-fiber 7× 1 signal combiner at a power level of 14 kW

C Lei, Y Gu, Z Chen, Z Wang, P Zhou, Y Ma, H Xiao… - Optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an all-fiber 7× 1 signal combiner with an output core diameter of 50 μm for
high power incoherent beam combining of seven self-made Yb-doped single-mode fiber …

3kW-level incoherent and coherent mode combining via all-fiber fused Y-couplers

Y Shamir, R Zuitlin, Y Sintov, M Shtaif - Frontiers in Optics, 2012 - opg.optica.org
A 3 kilowatt level incoherently combined beam with 98% measured power transfer efficiency
is demonstrated using an all-fiber Y-branch combiner. An M 2 factor of≤ 3.5 was measured …

Beam Quality Analysis of Incoherent Beam Combining by a All-Fiber Signal Combiner

X Zhou, Z Chen, Z Wang, J Hou… - IEEE Photonics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Beam combining is one of the most potential methods to break through the output power
limitations of a single fiber laser. In this letter, we report a high-power experimental result …

Target-in-the-loop coherent beam combining based on an all-fiber structure

K Jin, W Lai, H Chang, J Long, R Su, Y Ma, P Zhou - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Coherent beam combining (CBC) is a promising technique to realize high-brightness laser
output. As a key point to implement CBC, an appropriate phase control feedback structure …

Large-mode-area fused-fiber combiners, with nearly lowest-mode brightness conservation

Y Shamir, Y Sintov, M Shtaif - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We show the feasibility of producing a low-mode all-fiber combiner fabricated from a large
core and extremely small NA fibers. Although these fibers support multiple modes, the …

Aperture technology of coherent-beam-combining (CBC) for fiber laser

Z Ye, S Zhao, Z Wang - International Laser Safety Conference, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Coherent beam combining of fiber lasers has the capability of scaling to unprecedented
power with near-diffractive-limitation beam quality. Aperture technology is the key factor of …