摘要 |
Coherent coupling of a plurality of reflection type optical gain elements with a seeding laser is provided by illuminating the optical gain elements with fanned laser light scattered from a photorefractive medium. The reflection type optical gain elements have an anti-reflective end nearer the photorefractive medium and a reflective opposite end. The optical gain elements also illuminate the photorefractive medium. The resultant amplified and coherent light beam has its wavefront cleaned up with a photorefractive oscillator to provide a diffraction limited or nearly diffraction limited beam.
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