Supercontinuum generation in nonlinear fibers using high-energy figure-of-eight mode-locked fiber laser for SD-OCT application

Bo Xu; Tsubasa Nagata; Shinji Yamashita

doi:10.1117/12.2059507

2 June 2014 Supercontinuum generation in nonlinear fibers using high-energy figure-of-eight mode-locked fiber laser for SD-OCT application

Bo Xu, Tsubasa Nagata, Shinji Yamashita

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Proceedings Volume 9157, 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; 91572Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2059507
Event: OFS2014 23rd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 2014, Santander, Spain

Abstract

Generation of flat and broadband supercontinum is demonstrated in an all fiber system using the high-energy noise-like pulses from a stable figure-of-eight fiber laser and nonlinear fibers. This SC source is successfully applied to the spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). The axial resolution is significantly improved compared with the case of the superluminescent diode source. SD-OCT imaging is also demonstrated.

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Bo Xu, Tsubasa Nagata, and Shinji Yamashita "Supercontinuum generation in nonlinear fibers using high-energy figure-of-eight mode-locked fiber laser for SD-OCT application", Proc. SPIE 9157, 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 91572Y (2 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2059507

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