A 15-MHz wavelength-stepped laser based on intracavity pulse stretching and compression for optical coherence tomography

TOZBURUN S., Siddiqui M., Vakoc B. J.

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San-Jose, Costa Rica, 8 - 13 June 2014, (Full Text)

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Doi Number: 10.1364/cleo_at.2014.atu2p.3
  • City: San-Jose
  • Country: Costa Rica
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We introduce a wavelength-stepped laser that uses dispersive fibers in combination with a lithium-niobate modulator and a fixed Fabry-Perot etalon to achieve wavelength selection for optical-domain subsampled OCT. A 15 MHz A-scan rate is demonstrated.