Fast wavelength-swept dispersion-tuned fiber laser over 500kHz using a wideband chirped fiber Bragg grating

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7753, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yamashita, Shinji ^a   Takubo, Yuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

dispersion tuning; optical coherence tomography; wavelength swept lasers

Indexed keywords

CAVITY LENGTH; CHIRPED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; DISPERSION COMPENSATING FIBERS; DISPERSION TUNING; DISPERSIVE MEDIUM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTON LIFETIME; SWEEP RATES; WAVELENGTH-SWEPT LASERS; WIDE-BAND;

DISPERSION COMPENSATION; DISPERSIONS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; SENSORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

FIBERS;

EID: 79958009811     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.885070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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