Dispersion-Tuned Mode-Locked Laser for Swept Source OCT at 850 nm Using a cFBG and the Pulse Modulation Technique

Rene Riha; Alejandro Martinez Jimenez; Gopika Venugopal; Marie Klufts; Robert Huber; Adrian Podoleanu

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3417829

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2024)

Dispersion-Tuned Mode-Locked Laser for Swept Source OCT at 850 nm Using a cFBG and the Pulse Modulation Technique

Rene Riha,
Alejandro Martinez Jimenez,
Gopika Venugopal,
Marie Klufts,
Robert Huber,
Adrian Podoleanu

Affiliations

Rene Riha: ORCiD; Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.
Alejandro Martinez Jimenez: Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.
Gopika Venugopal: Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.
Marie Klufts: Institut für Biomedizinische Optik, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Robert Huber: Institut für Biomedizinische Optik, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Adrian Podoleanu: ORCiD; Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3417829
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 4
pp. 1 – 5

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In this paper, the feasibility of employing a fast intensity modulator and a chirped fibre Bragg grating to build a dispersion-tuned mode-locked swept laser (DTML-SS) for OCT at 850 nm is evaluated. Stable mode-locking is achieved by applying 50 ps pulses at 1 GHz to the modulator, obtaining 35 nm tuning range at 10 KHz sweep rate and 1 mm axial range.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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