High speed broadband Fourier domain mode locked swept source with multiple SOAs

Jun Zhang; Min Yong Jeon; Zhongping Chen

doi:10.1117/12.766692

5 March 2008 High speed broadband Fourier domain mode locked swept source with multiple SOAs

Jun Zhang, Min Yong Jeon, Zhongping Chen

Proceedings Volume 6847, Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine XII; 684712 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.766692
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

A high-speed, broadband Fourier domain mode-locked (FDML) wavelength swept source at center wavelength of 1300 nm for high-resolution and high-speed Fourier domain optical coherence tomography was demonstrated. With two semiconductor optical amplifiers as gain media, the laser is capable of FWHM tuning range of more than 135 nm and the edge-to-edge scanning range of more than 160 nm at 45.6 kHz sweeping rate. The peak power is 11.4 mW for both the forward and backward scans. With the built swept source, a FDOCT system was developed which can achieve 6.6 μm axial resolution in air.

Citation Download Citation

Jun Zhang, Min Yong Jeon, and Zhongping Chen "High speed broadband Fourier domain mode locked swept source with multiple SOAs", Proc. SPIE 6847, Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine XII, 684712 (5 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.766692

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available