Extended-Cavity Semiconductor Wavelength-Swept Laser for Biomedical Imaging

S. H. Yun; C. Boudoux; M. C. Pierce; J. F. De Boer; G. J. Tearney; B. E. Bouma

doi:10.1109/LPT.2003.820096

Extended-Cavity Semiconductor Wavelength-Swept Laser for Biomedical Imaging

S. H. Yun, C. Boudoux, M. C. Pierce, J. F. De Boer, G. J. Tearney, B. E. Bouma

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Abstract

We demonstrate a compact high-power rapidly swept wavelength tunable laser source based on a semiconductor optical amplifier and an extended-cavity grating filter. The laser produces excellent output characteristics for biomedical imaging, exhibiting >4-mW average output power, <0.06-nm instantaneous linewidth, and >80-dB noise extinction with its center wavelength swept over 100 nm at 1310 nm at variable repetition rates up to 500 Hz.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	293-295
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2003.820096
State	Published - Jan 2004
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Semiconductor lasers
Tunable lasers

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