Swept laser source based on acousto-optic tunable filter

Minghui Chen; Hao Li; Rong Chen

doi:10.1117/12.2071321

3 December 2014 Swept laser source based on acousto-optic tunable filter

Minghui Chen, Hao Li, Rong Chen

Proceedings Volume 9297, International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application 2014: Laser and Optical Measurement Technology; and Fiber Optic Sensors; 92970Q (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2071321
Event: International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application 2014, 2014, Beijing, China

Abstract

The design and development of the swept laser for optical coherence tomography is presented. It is manifested by a semiconductor optical amplifier, a fiber coupler, two fiber isolators, a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) for frequency tuning within a unidirectional all-fiber ring cavity. Light output from the coupler is further amplified and spectral shaped by a booster SOA terminated at both ends with two isolators. The total loss in ring cavity is 8.2 dB. The gain SOA provides fiber-to-fiber small signal gain of 22.2 dB with saturation output power of 9.0 dBm. The developed laser source provides up to 100 kHz over a full-width wavelength tuning range of 140 nm at center wavelength of 1308 nm with an average power of 8 mW, yielding an axial resolution of 5.4 μm in air for OCT imaging. Theoretically, the measurement principle and the feasibility of the system are analyzed. Implementing the laser source in swept source based OCT (SS-OCT) system, real-time structural imaging of biological tissue is realized.

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Minghui Chen, Hao Li, and Rong Chen "Swept laser source based on acousto-optic tunable filter", Proc. SPIE 9297, International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application 2014: Laser and Optical Measurement Technology; and Fiber Optic Sensors, 92970Q (3 December 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2071321

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