Cascaded multi-dithering theory for coherent beam combining of multiplexed beam elements

• DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.012407
• Publication Date: 2015-05-01T16:56:13Z
• Authors: Hee Kyung Ahn; Hong Jin Kong
• Keywords: Dither; M squared

The Cascaded Multi-Dithering theory, which allows coherent beam combining of M-by-N elements, is presented in this paper. theory briefly introduced, and demonstrated experimentally by sixteen-beams to verify its feasibility as an active phase control for scaling up the power fiber lasers.