Nonlinear frequency chirp measurement of frequency sweeping lasers for FD-OCT applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6108, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ahn, Tae Jung ^a   Kim, Dug Young ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Frequency swept laser; Hilbert transform; OFDR

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT SOURCES; REFLECTOMETERS;

FREQUENCY SWEPT LASER; HILBERT TRANSFORM; OFDR;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33646013595     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.645796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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