Title :
Travelling-wave modeling of dynamics of ultrafast reflective-intracavity-filter tunable Fabry-Pérot lasers for optical coherence tomography
Author :
Avrutin, Eugene A. ; Zhang, Lixiong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Univ. of York, York, UK
Abstract :
Dynamics of Fabry-Pérot external-cavity laser diodes frequency-swept at a high rate using a tunable intracavity filter are investigated by travelling-wave modeling. The effect of filter properties and linewidth enhancement factor of the laser performance is assessed.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser applications in medicine; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical engineering computing; optical filters; optical tomography; semiconductor lasers; filter properties; frequency swept Fabry-Pérot external cavity laser diodes; laser performance; linewidth enhancement factor; optical coherence tomography; travelling wave modeling; ultrafast reflective intracavity filter tunable Fabry-Pérot lasers; Digital filters; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Resonator filters;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2011 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-876-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2158-3234
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2011.6041182
