Multiple beam coherent combination via an optical ring resonator
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2023
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Bode, N.
Holmes, Z.
Ng, S.
vonBehren, B.
Ottaway, D.
Willke, B.
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Optics Letters, 2023; 48(17):4717-4720
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Nina Bode, Zachary Holmes, Sebastian Ng, Benjamin von Behren, David Ottaway, and Benno Willke
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Future gravitational wave detectors (GWDs) require low noise, single frequency, continuous wave lasers with excellent beam quality and powers in excess of 500 W. Low noise laser amplifiers with high spatial purity have been demonstrated up to 300 W. For higher powers, coherent beam combination can overcome scaling limitations. In this Letter we introduce a new, to the best of our knowledge, combination scheme that uses a bow-tie resonator to combine three laser beams with simultaneous spatial filtering performance.
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Published: September 1, 2023
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