Abstract
Coherent beam combining (CBC) of two femtosecond third-harmonic (TH) generators is proposed and demonstrated. By applying phase modulation to one of the fundamental laser pulses, the feedback loop effectively eliminates both phase and pointing errors between the two TH femtosecond laser beams. The system delivers 345-nm femtosecond laser pulses with 22-W average power at 1-MHz repetition rate. The average combining efficiency is 91.5% over approximately 1 h of testing. The beam quality of the combined ultraviolet (UV) laser beam is near-diffraction-limited with M2 factors of $\boldsymbol{M}_{\boldsymbol{X}}^2 = 1.36$, $\boldsymbol{M}_{\boldsymbol{Y}}^2 = 1.24$, which are similar to those of the individual channels. This scheme exhibits promising potential for increasing high-beam-quality UV laser power.
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