Experimental study of phase-locking of two photonic crystal fiber lasers

Two photonic crystal fiber (PCF) lasers are phase-locked by using self-imaging resonator techniques. Obvious and steady interference strips are observed even without using spatial filter in high power operation, which demonstrates the advantages of pure single-mode PCF lasers in coherent beam combining. The maximum coherent output power of 95.8 W is obtained with coupling efficiency of 90.2%. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved