Picosecond pulses from a Fourier domain mode locked (FDML) laser

C. M. Eigenwillig, S. Todor, W. Wieser, B. R. Biedermann, T. Klein, C. Jirauschek, R. Huber

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 languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 Conference on Lasers Electro-Optics Europe International Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO EUROPE/IQEC
Number of pages1
PublisherIEEE
Publication date01.05.2013
Pages1-1
ISBN (Print)978-1-4799-0593-5
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4799-0594-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.05.2013
Event2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO EUROPE/IQEC - Munich, Germany
Duration: 12.03.201316.03.2013

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