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Wide tuning range wavelength-swept laser with two semiconductor optical amplifiers

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: We demonstrate a wide tuning range high-speed wavelength-swept semiconductor laser based on a polygon scanning filter that is common to two laser cavities. Linear wavelength tuning was achieved over 145 nm around 1310 nm at a tuning repetition rate of 20 kHz. The wavelength tuning filter is expandable to accommodate multiple semiconductor optical amplifiers for further widening of the laser wavelength tuning range.

Source: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

DOI: 10.1109/lpt.2004.841003

Authors: W.Y. Oh, S.H. Yun, G.J. Tearney, B.E. Bouma

Institutions: Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Cancer Institute

Award: G1545476000