Atmospheric propagation and combining of high power lasers: comment

Nelson et al. [Appl. Opt.55, 1757 (2016)APOPAI0003-693510.1364/AO.55.001757] recently concluded that coherent beam combining and remote phase locking of high-power lasers are fundamentally limited by the laser source linewidth. These conclusions are incorrect and not relevant to practical high-power...

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Published in:Applied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics 2016-10, Vol.55 (29), p.8335
Main Authors: Goodno, Gregory D, Rothenberg, Joshua E
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Nelson et al. [Appl. Opt.55, 1757 (2016)APOPAI0003-693510.1364/AO.55.001757] recently concluded that coherent beam combining and remote phase locking of high-power lasers are fundamentally limited by the laser source linewidth. These conclusions are incorrect and not relevant to practical high-power coherently combined laser architectures.
ISSN:2155-3165
DOI:10.1364/AO.55.008335