Title :
Fiber-Broadened Passively Modelocked Er: Yb: Glass Laser for High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography
Author :
Stumpf, M.C. ; Zeller, S.C. ; Schlatter, A. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Keller, U. ; Okuno, Toshiaki
Author_Institution :
ETH Zurich, Zurich
Abstract :
We demonstrate a low coherence light source by directly launching the output of a femtosecond diode-pumped modelocked Er:Yb:glass laser into a highly-nonlinear fiber. The measured interferogram supports a depth resolution of 4 mum in air.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; erbium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; light sources; optical pumping; optical tomography; semiconductor lasers; ytterbium; SiO2:Er,Yb; femtosecond diode-pumped modelocked laser; fiber-broadened passively modelocked laser; high-resolution optical coherence tomography; interferogram; low coherence light source; Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Laser modes; Optical pulse generation; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452411
