Orbital angular momentum beams generation from 61 channels coherent beam combining femtosecond digital laser

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Authors

Matthieu Veinhard · École Polytechnique

Séverine Bellanger · Sorbonne Université

Louis Daniault · École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées

Ihsan Fsaifes · Sorbonne Université

Jérôme Bourderionnet · Thales (France)

Christian Larat · Thales (France)

É. Lallier ·

Abstract

We report on the use of a 61 beamlets coherent beam combination femtosecond fiber amplifiers as a digital laser source to generate high-power orbital angular momentum beams. Such an approach opens the path for higher-order non-symmetrical user-defined far field distributions.

Topics & Keywords

Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Optics Letters

Volume 46, Issue 1, pp. 25-25

DOI: 10.1364/ol.405975

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