Novel wavelength-swept Raman laser for arbitrary gain band OCT

Eun Joo Jung; Hyung Seok Lee; Jae Seok Park; Myung Yung Jeong; Chang Seok Kim

doi:10.1117/12.808877

Translator Disclaimer

20 February 2009 Novel wavelength-swept Raman laser for arbitrary gain band OCT

Eun Joo Jung, Hyung Seok Lee, Jae Seok Park, Myung Yung Jeong, Chang Seok Kim

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 7168, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XIII; 716823 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808877
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Novel wavelength-swept Raman laser is newly demonstrated to implement an arbitrary gain band for a swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). Instead of conventional semiconductor optical amplifier, we adapt optical fiber Raman amplification, which can easily generate an instant femto-second optical gain at arbitrary wavelength region from 1.1 to 1.6 micrometer using a high-power optical pump power. We also experimentally demonstrate OCT images using the novel wavelength-swept Raman laser source.

Citation Download Citation

Eun Joo Jung, Hyung Seok Lee, Jae Seok Park, Myung Yung Jeong, and Chang Seok Kim "Novel wavelength-swept Raman laser for arbitrary gain band OCT", Proc. SPIE 7168, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XIII, 716823 (20 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808877

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE