• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 3, Issue 3, 77 (2015)
Chene Tradonsky*, Micha Nixon, Eitan Ronen, Vishwa Pal, Ronen Chriki, Asher A. Friesem, and Nir Davidson
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
  • show less
    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.3.000077 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Chene Tradonsky, Micha Nixon, Eitan Ronen, Vishwa Pal, Ronen Chriki, Asher A. Friesem, Nir Davidson. Conversion of out-of-phase to in-phase order in coupled laser arrays with second harmonics[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(3): 77 Copy Citation Text show less
    References

    [1] J. A. Acebrón, R. Spigler, D. Matematica, R. Tre, L. S. L. Murialdo, L. Bonilla, C. Pérez Vicente, F. Ritort. The Kuramoto model: a simple paradigm for synchronization phenomena. Rev. Mod. Phys., 77, 137-185(2005).

    [2] M. Nixon, E. Ronen, A. A. Friesem, N. Davidson. Observing geometric frustration with thousands of coupled lasers. Phys. Rev. Lett., 110, 184102(2013).

    [3] S. H. Strogatz, D. M. Abrams, A. McRobie, B. Eckhardt, E. Ott. Theoretical mechanics: crowd synchrony on the Millennium Bridge. Nature, 438, 43-44(2005).

    [4] L. Fabiny, P. Colet, R. Roy, D. Lenstra. Coherence and phase dynamics of spatially coupled solid-state lasers. Phys. Rev. A, 47, 4287-4296(1993).

    [5] S. H. Strogatz. Exploring complex networks. Nature, 410, 268-276(2001).

    [6] M. Nixon, M. Fridman, E. Ronen, A. A. Friesem, N. Davidson, I. Kanter. Synchronized cluster formation in coupled laser networks. Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 223901(2011).

    [7] D. J. Watts, S. H. Strogatz. Collective dynamics of “small-world” networks. Nature, 393, 440-442(1998).

    [8] A. A. Ishaaya, N. Davidson, L. Shimshi, A. A. Friesem. Intracavity coherent addition of Gaussian beam distributions using a planar interferometric coupler. Appl. Phys. Lett., 85, 2187-2189(2004).

    [9] W. Liang, N. Satyan, F. Aflatouni, A. Yariv, A. Kewitsch, G. Rakuljic, H. Hashemi. Coherent beam combining with multilevel optical phase-locked loops. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 24, 2930-2939(2007).

    [10] D. Sabourdy, V. Kermene, A. Desfarges-Berthelemot, L. Lefort, A. Barthelemy, P. Even, D. Pureur. Efficient coherent combining of widely tunable fiber lasers. Opt. Express, 11, 87-97(2003).

    [11] A. F. Glova. Phase locking of optically coupled lasers. Quantum Electron., 33, 283-306(2003).

    [12] A. Golubentsev, V. Likhanskii, A. Napartovich. Theory of phase locking of an array of lasers. Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz., 93, 1199-1209(1987).

    [13] E. Ronen, A. A. Ishaaya. Frequency, phase, and polarization locking of evanescently coupled lasers. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 29, 1226-1230(2012).

    [14] A. Shirakawa, T. Saitou, T. Sekiguchi, K. Ueda. Coherent addition of fiber lasers by use of a fiber coupler. Opt. Express, 10, 1167-1172(2002).

    [15] D. Botez, M. Jansen, L. J. Mawst, G. Peterson, T. J. Roth. Watt-range, coherent, uniphase powers from phase-locked arrays of antiguided diode lasers. Appl. Phys. Lett., 58, 2070-2072(1991).

    [16] A. P. Napartovich, N. N. Elkin, D. V. Vysotsky, J. Kirch, L. J. Mawst. Two-dimensional antiguided vertical cavity surface emitting laser arrays with reflecting boundary. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron., 19, 1700208(2013).

    [17] M. Fridman, M. Nixon, N. Davidson, A. A. Friesem. Passive phase locking of 25 fiber lasers. Opt. Lett., 35, 1434-1436(2010).

    [18] I. Hassiaoui, N. Michel, M. Lecomte, O. Parillaud, M. Calligaro, M. Kakowski. In-phase coherent coupling of tapered lasers in an external Talbot cavity. Proc. SPIE, 6, 64850E(2007).

    [19] F. X. D’Amato, E. T. Siebert, C. Roychoudhuri. Coherent operation of an array of diode lasers using a spatial filter in a Talbot cavity. Appl. Phys. Lett., 55, 816-818(1989).

    [20] D. Mehuys, W. Streifer, R. G. Waarts, D. F. Welch. Modal analysis of linear Talbot-cavity semiconductor lasers. Opt. Lett., 16, 823-825(1991).

    [21] C. J. Corcoran, F. Durville. Experimental demonstration of a phase-locked laser array using a self-Fourier cavity. Appl. Phys. Lett., 86, 201118(2005).

    [22] C. J. Corcoran, F. Durville. Passive coherent combination of a diode laser array with 35 elements. Opt. Express, 22, 8420-8425(2014).

    [23] F. Jeux, A. Desfarges-Berthelemot, V. Kermène, A. Barthelemy. Efficient passive phasing of an array of 20 ring fiber lasers. Laser Phys. Lett., 11, 095003(2014).

    [24] J. R. Leger. Lateral mode control of an AlGaAs laser array in a Talbot cavity. Appl. Phys. Lett., 55, 334-336(1989).

    [25] R. H. Rediker, R. P. Schloss, L. J. Van Ruyven. Operation of individual diode lasers as a coherent ensemble controlled by a spatial filter within an external cavity. Appl. Phys. Lett., 46, 133-135(1985).

    [26] W. J. Cassarly, J. C. Ehlert, J. M. Finlan, K. M. Flood, R. Waarts, D. Mehuys, D. Nam, D. Welch. Intracavity phase correction of an external Talbot cavity laser with the use of liquid crystals. Opt. Lett., 17, 607-609(1992).

    [27] Y. Guan, P. Zhang, X. Xie, J. Zhou, K. S. Wong. Coherent beam combining with second-harmonic generation optimized with adaptive phase control. IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 47, 348-353(2011).

    [28] R. W. Boyd. Nonlinear Optics(2008).

    [29] M. Sanagi, K. Yano, K. Fujimori, S. Nogi. Active phased array antenna radiating second harmonic output wave. Electron. Comm. Jpn. Pt. II, 89, 39-50(2006).

    [30] X. Li, H. Xiao, X.-L. Dong, Y.-X. Ma, X.-J. Xu. Coherent beam combining of two slab laser amplifiers and second-harmonic phase locking based on a multi-dithering technique. Chin. Phys. Lett., 28, 094210(2011).

    [31] J. A. Arnaud. Degenerate optical cavities. Appl. Opt., 8, 189-195(1969).

    [32] M. Nixon, E. Ronen, M. Fridman, A. A. Friesem, N. Davidson. Phase locking large arrays of lasers via a single degenerate cavity. Frontiers in Optics 2011/Laser Science XXVII, FWR6(2011).

    [33] H. F. Talbot. LXXVI. Facts relating to optical science. No. IV. Philos. Mag. Ser. 3, 9, 401-407(1836).

    [34] T. M. Baer, M. S. Keirstead. Nd–YAG laser. U.S. patent(1987).

    [35] A. Caprara, J. L. Chilla, L. A. Spinelli. Intracavity frequency-converted optically-pumped semiconductor laser. U.S. patent(1999).

    [36] T. Y. Fan, G. J. Dixon, R. L. Byer. Efficient GaAlAs diode-laser-pumped operation of Nd: YLF at 1.047  um with intracavity doubling to 523.6  nm. Opt. Lett., 11, 204-206(1986).

    Chene Tradonsky, Micha Nixon, Eitan Ronen, Vishwa Pal, Ronen Chriki, Asher A. Friesem, Nir Davidson. Conversion of out-of-phase to in-phase order in coupled laser arrays with second harmonics[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(3): 77
    Download Citation