Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 10, 1014002(2020)

Polarization Control and Laser Combination with High Polarization Extinction Ratios Based on Optical Heterodyne Detection and Phase Locking

Xingxing Zou1,2, Hui Shen2、***, Zhao Quan2, Yang You2, Meizhong Liu2, Jingpu Zhang2, Bing He2、**, Jun Zhou2, and Jianhua Zhang1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
  • 2Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Xingxing Zou, Hui Shen, Zhao Quan, Yang You, Meizhong Liu, Jingpu Zhang, Bing He, Jun Zhou, Jianhua Zhang. Polarization Control and Laser Combination with High Polarization Extinction Ratios Based on Optical Heterodyne Detection and Phase Locking[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(10): 1014002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Dec. 17, 2019

    Accepted: Feb. 18, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 28, 2020

    The Author Email: Shen Hui (nature0546@163.com), He Bing (bryanho@siom.ac.cn), Zhang Jianhua (jhzhag@shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.1014002

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