• DocumentCode
    3001745
  • Title

    Fiber-Broadened Passively Modelocked Er: Yb: Glass Laser for High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography

  • Author

    Stumpf, M.C. ; Zeller, S.C. ; Schlatter, A. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Keller, U. ; Okuno, Toshiaki

  • Author_Institution
    ETH Zurich, Zurich
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a low coherence light source by directly launching the output of a femtosecond diode-pumped modelocked Er:Yb:glass laser into a highly-nonlinear fiber. The measured interferogram supports a depth resolution of 4 mum in air.
  • Keywords
    biomedical optical imaging; erbium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; light sources; optical pumping; optical tomography; semiconductor lasers; ytterbium; SiO2:Er,Yb; femtosecond diode-pumped modelocked laser; fiber-broadened passively modelocked laser; high-resolution optical coherence tomography; interferogram; low coherence light source; Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Laser modes; Optical pulse generation; Tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452411
  • Filename
    4452411
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3001745