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Phase-locked supermode emissions from a dual multicore fiber laser

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We report on a fiber laser configuration, emitting two phase-locked and single mode beams at the output of two multicore fibers. The passive technique is based both on the selective excitation of the only in-phase supermodes of the multicore fibers and on an intra-cavity angular filtering of the emitted beams to provide phase control. As a proof of principle, we experimentally demonstrate the coherent combining of the fundamental in-phase supermodes of two parallel 7-cores fibers.

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  1. CNRS, XLIM Institut de Recherche, UMR No. 6172, Université de Limoges, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060, Limoges Cedex, France

    B. M. Shalaby, V. Kermene, D. Pagnoux, A. Desfarges-Berthelemot & A. Barthélémy

  2. Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

    B. M. Shalaby

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Shalaby, B.M., Kermene, V., Pagnoux, D. et al. Phase-locked supermode emissions from a dual multicore fiber laser. Appl. Phys. B 105, 213–217 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4689-7

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