Three-dimensional microscopic interferometer by frequency sweep of supercontinuum frequency comb

Author

Choi, Samuel ; Tamura, Naoyuki ; Kobe, Ryo ; Shioda, Tatsutoshi ; Tanaka, Yosuke ; Kurokawa, Takashi

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol., Koganei

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A three-dimensional microscopic interferometer by the interval frequency sweep of the supercontinuum frequency comb generated by an optical pulse synthesizer was demonstrated. The spectral bandwidth was 80 nm. The interferometric peak width was 35 mum.

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; light interferometers; nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; frequency sweep; high nonlinear dispersion shift fiber; microscopic interferometer; optical pulse synthesizer; spectral bandwidth; supercontinuum frequency comb; three-dimensional interferometer; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber lasers; Frequency synthesizers; Optical interferometry; Optical microscopy; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Ultrafast optics; (080.1238) Array waveguide devices; (120.3180) Interferometry; (120.5060) Phase modulations; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fiber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571410