Tunable linear-step-swept light source based on time-delayed spectrum stitching technique

Lai Wen; Zhaoying Wang; Quan Yuan; Tianxin Yang; Chunfeng Ge; Diannan Hu; Jiaqi Qin

doi:10.1117/12.2542176

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10 March 2020 Tunable linear-step-swept light source based on time-delayed spectrum stitching technique

Lai Wen, Zhaoying Wang, Quan Yuan, Tianxin Yang, Chunfeng Ge, Diannan Hu, Jiaqi Qin

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Proceedings Volume 11279, Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications XIII; 1127924 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2542176
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2020, San Francisco, California, United States

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We present a step-swept light source with high linearity and tunable frequency step based on the lightwave synthesized frequency sweeper (LSFS). Different from the traditional internal modulation, this light source can effectively avoid complex frequency-calibration and deduce the spectrum stitching error by using the external modulation and a time delayed spectrum stitching technique. Experimentally, a k-space swept with > -0.99997 swept linearity is achieved. The swept range are 5.135 nm with 10 GHz swept step and 3.902 nm with 7.5 GHz swept step. The spectrum stitching-error is less than 2.92% and 0.65% respectively.

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Lai Wen, Zhaoying Wang, Quan Yuan, Tianxin Yang, Chunfeng Ge, Diannan Hu, and Jiaqi Qin "Tunable linear-step-swept light source based on time-delayed spectrum stitching technique", Proc. SPIE 11279, Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications XIII, 1127924 (10 March 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2542176

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