Theory of electronically phased coherent beam combination without a reference beam
Author(s) -
Thomas M. Shay
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.012188
Subject(s) - optics , beam (structure) , laser beam quality , phased array , physics , phased array optics , reference beam , laser beams , computer science , telecommunications , laser , antenna (radio)
The first theory for two novel coherent beam combination architectures that are the first electronic beam combination architectures that completely eliminate the need for a separate reference beam are presented. Detailed theoretical models are developed and presented for the first time.
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