Abstract
Fourier domain mode locked lasers (FDML)[1] are very rapidly wavelength swept lasers where a narrowband optical bandpass filter is driven synchronously to the round-trip time of light in the resonator providing narrow instantaneous linewidths (~50pm) over a large wavelength sweep range (~100nm) at sweep repetition rates of ~20kHz-5MHz[2]. In biomedical imaging, FDML lasers currently are the light sources of choice for ultrahigh speed optical coherence tomography (OCT) with multi-megahertz A-scan rates[2].
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2013 Conference on Lasers Electro-Optics Europe International Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO EUROPE/IQEC |
Number of pages | 1 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Publication date | 01.05.2013 |
Pages | 1-1 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4799-0593-5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4799-0594-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 01.05.2013 |
Event | 2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO EUROPE/IQEC
- Munich, Germany Duration: 12.03.2013 → 16.03.2013 |