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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/JOSK.2009.13.3.316

Broadband Wavelength-swept Raman Laser for Fourier-domain Mode Locked Swept-source OCT  

Lee, Hyung-Seok (Department of Cogno Mechatronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Jung, Eun-Joo (Department of Cogno Mechatronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Jeong, Myung-Yung (Department of Cogno Mechatronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kim, Chang-Seok (Department of Cogno Mechatronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Optical Society of Korea / v.13, no.3, 2009 , pp. 316-320 More about this Journal
Abstract
A novel broadband wavelength-swept Raman laser was used to implement Fourier-domain mode locked (FDML) swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). Instead of a conventional semiconductor optical amplifier, this study used broadband optical fiber Raman amplification, over 50 nm centered around 1545 nm, using a multi-wavelength optical pumping scheme, which was implemented with the four laser diodes at the center wavelengths of 1425, 1435, 1455 and 1465 nm, respectively, and the maximum operating power of 150 mW each. The operating swept frequency of the laser was determined to 16.7 kHz from the FDML condition of 12 km optical fiber in the ring cavity. The OCT images were obtained using the novel broadband wavelengthswept Raman laser source.
Keywords
Optical coherence tomography; Fiber Raman amplifier; Wavelength-swept fiber laser;
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