Title :
Wide tuning range wavelength-swept laser with two semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Oh, W.Y. ; Yun, S.H. ; Tearney, G.J. ; Bouma, B.E.
Author_Institution :
Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., Boston, MA, USA
fDate :
3/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We demonstrate a wide tuning range high-speed wavelength-swept semiconductor laser based on a polygon scanning filter that is common to two laser cavities. Linear wavelength tuning was achieved over 145 nm around 1310 nm at a tuning repetition rate of 20 kHz. The wavelength tuning filter is expandable to accommodate multiple semiconductor optical amplifiers for further widening of the laser wavelength tuning range.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical filters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 20 kHz; laser cavities; polygon scanning filter; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength tuning filter; wavelength-swept laser; Biomedical optical imaging; High speed optical techniques; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical tuning; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Optical filters; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); tunable lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.841003
