Phase locking and in-phase supermode selection in monolithic multicore fiber lasers

Opt Lett. 2006 Sep 1;31(17):2577-9. doi: 10.1364/ol.31.002577.

Abstract

We report a compact multicore fiber laser that utilizes an all-fiber approach for phase locking and in-phase supermode selection. By splicing passive coreless fibers of controlled lengths to both ends of an active 19-core fiber, we demonstrate that the fundamental in-phase supermode can be selectively excited with a completely monolithic fiber device, instead of conventional free-space and bulk optics, to achieve phase-locked operation for a multiemitter laser device.