Diode amplifier of modulated optical beam power

Journal Article · Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2014V044N11ABEH015617· OSTI ID:22373346

D'yachkov, N V; Bogatov, A P; Gushchik, T I; Drakin, A E ^[1]

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1. P N Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Analytical relations are obtained between characteristics of modulated light at the output and input of an optical diode power amplifier operating in the highly saturated gain regime. It is shown that a diode amplifier may act as an amplitude-to-phase modulation converter with a rather large bandwidth (∼10 GHz). The low sensitivity of the output power of the amplifier to the input beam power and its high energy efficiency allow it to be used as a building block of a high-power multielement laser system with coherent summation of a large number of optical beams. (lasers)

• OSTI ID: 22373346
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 44, Issue 11; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
GHZ RANGE 01-100
LASERS
MODULATION
PHOTON BEAMS
POWER AMPLIFIERS
SENSITIVITY
VISIBLE RADIATION