Temperature-controller-free FDML laser based on adaptive sweep rate tuning by KTN scanner

Mingchen Chen; Seiji Toyoda; Masahiro Ueno; Tadashi Sakamoto

doi:10.1117/12.2291104

22 February 2018 Temperature-controller-free FDML laser based on adaptive sweep rate tuning by KTN scanner

Mingchen Chen, Seiji Toyoda, Masahiro Ueno, Tadashi Sakamoto

Proceedings Volume 10539, Photonic Instrumentation Engineering V; 1053908 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2291104
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Stabilization of a Fourier domain mode-locked (FDML) laser was achieved in a wide temperature range of over 30 degrees by adaptively tuning the sweep rate without using any complicated or massive temperature control equipment. The proposed FDML laser in a fiber ring cavity configuration consists of an optical tunable filter based on a KTN (KTa_1-xNb_xO₃) scanner. The FDML laser operates at the sweep rate of around 200 kHz. The output properties show an output power of 2 mW and coherence lengths of 8.5 mm for the sweep range of 100 nm and 11 mm for that of 80 nm at the center wavelength of 1300 nm.

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Mingchen Chen, Seiji Toyoda, Masahiro Ueno, and Tadashi Sakamoto "Temperature-controller-free FDML laser based on adaptive sweep rate tuning by KTN scanner", Proc. SPIE 10539, Photonic Instrumentation Engineering V, 1053908 (22 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2291104

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