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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2005
Thomas M. Shay, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Thomas M. Shay, Albuquerque, NM (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DE (US);
Abstract
A coherent laser beam combining system wherein the output of a single master oscillator is split into a plurality of N signals, and the N signals are electronically modulated at unique frequencies. There is no reference signal and all of the signals are passed through phase adjusters. All N signals are optically amplified, aligned and passed through a beam splitter to split off a small sample that is imaged onto a photodetector. The photodetector output is fed to a signal processor that separates the N signals and produces N phase error signals that drive the N phase adjusters resulting in a high-powered optically coherent output signal.