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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Monica L. Minden, Calabasas, CA (US);
Hans W. Bruesselbach, Calabasas, CA (US);
Oleg M. Efimov, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Shuoqin Wang, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Daniel Yap, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Monica L. Minden, Calabasas, CA (US);
Hans W. Bruesselbach, Calabasas, CA (US);
Oleg M. Efimov, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Shuoqin Wang, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Daniel Yap, Newbury Park, CA (US);
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Abstract
In one of the embodiments, a dark channel array is provided which includes gain channels, each configured to emit an output beam from an output surface and to have a light wave propagating therethrough. It further includes a dark channel configured to emit an output beam from the output surface of the dark channel array and to have a light wave propagating in the dark channel, such that output beams from the plurality of gain channels are coherently coupled in phase with each other. The dark channel array is configured such that the dark channel captures a portion of the output beam from at least two of the plurality of gain channels by radiant coupling.