Title :
Picosecond pulses from an FDML laser
Author :
Eigenwillig, Christoph M. ; Wieser, Wolfgang ; Biedermann, Benjamin R. ; Klein, Thomas ; Huber, Robert
Author_Institution :
Lehrstuhl fur BioMolekulare Opt., Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
The recently developed Fourier Domain Mode Locked lasers (FDML) are very rapidly wavelength swept light sources, where a narrowband optical bandpass filter is driven resonantly to the round-trip time of light in the resonator, providing small instantaneous linewidths (~50pm) over a large wavelength sweep range (~100nm) at sweep repetition rates of ~20kHz-5MHz.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; band-pass filters; laser mode locking; light sources; optical filters; optical pulse generation; optical resonators; FDML laser; Fourier domain mode locked lasers; narrowband optical bandpass filter; picosecond pulses; resonator; round trip time of light; sweep repetition rates; wavelength swept light sources; Couplers; Fabry-Perot; ISO standards; Lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943012
