Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 50, Issue 19, 1901009(2023)

Coherent Beam Combining Laser Source Based on an Injection‑Locked DFB Laser Array Using Planar Lightwave Circuit Technology

Zhenghao Zhang1,2, Fang Wei1,3、*, Huimin Wu1, Qingshuai Su1, Chen Chen1, Qing Ye1, and Haiwen Cai1,3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Space Laser Communication and Detection Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai 201210, China
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    Butterfly packaged four-channel combined transmitter optical subassembly. (a) Schematic; (b) physical diagram (30 mm×15 mm×9 mm)
    Experimental setup for testing the coherent beam combining effect of injection-locked DFB laser array coherently combined via planar lightwave
    Effect of laser operating current on the power after coherent addition of two injected locked laser beams
    Schematic figure of coherent addition of the output light from two injection-locked DFB lasers
    Phase noise of the master laser and injection-locked slave lasers containing different numbers of DFB lasers
    Relative intensity noise of the master laser and injection-locked slave lasers containing different numbers of DFB lasers
    • Table 1. Operating current and output optical power of the four DFB lasers

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      Table 1. Operating current and output optical power of the four DFB lasers

      Serial number of the laserOperating current for three lasers /mAOptical power for three lasers /mWOperating current for four lasers /mAOptical power or four lasers /mW
      1257.33.895255.43.874
      2134.22.368
      3179.23.273171.93.105
      4186.93.764179.53.561
    • Table 2. Effect of the number of lasers and injected power on intrinsic linewidth

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      Table 2. Effect of the number of lasers and injected power on intrinsic linewidth

      Injected power /mWIntrinsic linewidth /Hz
      1 laser2 lasers3 lasers4 lasers
      1.0012.1525.3599.1863.11
      1.2512.4229.2988.8998.30
      1.5014.5923.9453.0055.24
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    Zhenghao Zhang, Fang Wei, Huimin Wu, Qingshuai Su, Chen Chen, Qing Ye, Haiwen Cai. Coherent Beam Combining Laser Source Based on an Injection‑Locked DFB Laser Array Using Planar Lightwave Circuit Technology[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2023, 50(19): 1901009

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Jan. 17, 2023

    Accepted: Mar. 13, 2023

    Published Online: Oct. 18, 2023

    The Author Email: Wei Fang (weifang@siom.ac.cn), Cai Haiwen (hwcai@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL230467

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