Title :
Ultrafast wavelength-swept lasers
Author_Institution :
Harvard Med. Sch., Boston
Abstract :
Recent advances in swept lasers with scan speeds >1000 nm/ms, repetition rates >20 kHz, and tuning ranges >50 nm, primarily driven by new applications, are discussed.
Keywords :
laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; new application; ultrafast wavelength-swept lasers; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348888
