Title :
High-Speed and Wide Bandwidth Fourier Domain Mode-locked Wavelength Swept Laser with Multiple SOAs
Author :
Jeon, Min Yong ; Zhang, Jun ; Wang, Qiang ; Chen, Zhongping
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Chung Nam Nat. Univ., Daejeon
Abstract :
We report on the high-speed, wide bandwidth Fourier domain mode-locked wavelength swept laser using two SOAs. We obtained the 3 dB gain bandwidth of more than 125 nm and the edge-to-edge gain bandwidth of more than 145 nm at the sweep rate 45.589 kHz. The measured axial resolution of the forward scan is ~ 5.6 mum in tissue.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; laser applications in medicine; laser mode locking; optical tomography; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Fourier domain mode-locked wavelength swept laser; SOA; biomedical imaging; high-speed laser; optical coherence tomography; swept source OCT; tissue imaging; wide bandwidth laser; Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical sensors; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391201
