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Characterization of a fibre optic swept laser source at 1 μm for optical coherence tomography imaging systems

Trifanov, Irina and Neagu, Liviu and Bradu, Adrian and Lobo Ribeiro, Antonio and Podoleanu, Adrian Gh. (2011) Characterization of a fibre optic swept laser source at 1 μm for optical coherence tomography imaging systems. In: Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XV. Proceedings of SPIE . SPIE. ISBN 978-0-8194-8426-0. (doi:10.1117/12.874771) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:49414)

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Abstract

We report the development of a swept wavelength laser at 1 micron based on a linear cavity fibre configuration with an intra-cavity half symmetrical confocal Fabry-Perot tunable filter and a semiconductor optical amplifier as a gain medium. The performances of the source in terms of parameters like: sweep repetition rate (1-20 kHz), center wavelength (1065 nm), wavelength scanning range (max. 50nm), instantaneous line-width (<0.1nm) and a boosted output power of around 40 mW are demonstrated. The new source tested on an OCT system is exhibiting sufficient linearity in wave-number (k-space) at 1 kHz repetition rate; therefore no k-trigger, or wavelength rescaling process was needed.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1117/12.874771
Uncontrolled keywords: Fabry-Perot filter, optical coherence tomography, SOA, swept source, Center wavelength, Fabry-Perot filters, Fabry-Perot tunable filters, Fibre optic, Gain medium, Intracavities, K-space, Linear cavity, New sources, Optical coherence Tomography, Output power, Repetition rate, Rescaling, SOA, Swept lasers, Swept source, Swept wavelength, Wave numbers, Wavelength scanning, Fabry-Perot interferometers, Light amplifiers, Semiconductor lasers, Tomography
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R857.O6 Optical instruments
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Giles Tarver
Date Deposited: 16 Jul 2015 13:48 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:20 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/49414 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Trifanov, Irina.

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Bradu, Adrian.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6890-1599
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Podoleanu, Adrian Gh..

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