HPLSET - High Power Laser Science and Engineering Technology
  • L. Beresnev (US) CCDC Army Research Laboratory

WA3.2 - Multi-kW, Uncooled Densely Packed Fiber Array for Laser Beam Combining

Presentation Type
Invited Submission
Authors
  • L. Beresnev (US) CCDC Army Research Laboratory
  • A. Flores (US) Air Force Research Laboratory
  • R. Holten (US) Air Force Research Laboratory
  • A. Valenzuela (US) CCDC-Army Research Lab
  • A. Taliaferro (US) Air Force Research Laboratory
  • A. Schweinsberg (US) CCDC Army Research Laboratory
  • K. Gurton (US) CCDC Army Research Laboratory
  • D. Ligon (US) CCDC Army Research Laboratory
  • C. Williamson (US) CCDC Army Research Laboratory
  • S. Bilyk (US) CCDC Army Research Laboratory
Date
08/21/2019
Time
01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Room
Sandpiper A/B
Duration
30 Minutes
Lecture Time
01:30 PM - 02:00 PM

Abstract

Abstract

The array of seven fiber collimators with transmission about 99.9% was tested with 1.99kW per one channel. Truncated radiation, ~6%, was disposed through output collimating lenses by re-directing Gaussian beam tails with interior holey micro-lenses. No cooling was necessary. Beam quality in far-field M2 ~1.2.
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