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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 12, 1943(2020)

First experimental demonstration of coherent beam combining of more than 100 beams

Hongxiang Chang1, Qi Chang1, Jiachao Xi1, Tianyue Hou1, Rongtao Su1,2、*, Pengfei Ma1, Jian Wu1, Can Li1, Man Jiang1, Yanxing Ma1, and Pu Zhou1,3、*
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  • 1College of Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2e-mail: surongtao@126.com
  • 3e-mail: zhoupu203@163.com
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    Hongxiang Chang, Qi Chang, Jiachao Xi, Tianyue Hou, Rongtao Su, Pengfei Ma, Jian Wu, Can Li, Man Jiang, Yanxing Ma, Pu Zhou, "First experimental demonstration of coherent beam combining of more than 100 beams," Photonics Res. 8, 1943 (2020)

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Sep. 9, 2020

    Accepted: Oct. 21, 2020

    Published Online: Dec. 1, 2020

    The Author Email: Rongtao Su (surongtao@126.com), Pu Zhou (zhoupu203@163.com)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.409788

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