Raman pumped Fourier Domain Mode Locked (FDML) laser: Analysis of operation and application for optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Thomas Klein, Wolfgang Wieser, Benjamin R. Biedermann, Christoph M. Eigenwillig, Gesa Palte, Robert Huber

Abstract

limitations of the sweep repetition rate of rapidly wavelength swept laser sources. Such sources can be applied for optical coherence tomography (OCT) using frequency domain detection. This technique is called swept source OCT (ss-OCT) or optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI). FDML lasers usually consist of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) as laser gain medium, an output coupler, a periodically driven optical band-pass filter (FFP-TF) and an optical delay line, so that their total length is typically several kilometres.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCLEO/Europe - EQEC 2009 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference
Number of pages1
Publication date2009
Pages1-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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