Coherence transfer in an akinetic swept source OCT laser with optical feedback
Abstract
We theoretically investigate the influence of optical feedback onto the dynamics of a semiconductor swept source laser. In particular, we show that optical feedback can be used to lock the phase of the successive lasing modes of a multi-section semiconductor laser commonly used for Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) applications. We also identify two different regimes called sliding frequency self-mixing and sliding frequency mode-locking. The second regime demonstrates sub-nanosecond sliding frequency pulses for non-linear optics applications.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1910.07791,
title = {Coherence transfer in an akinetic swept source OCT laser with optical feedback},
author = {S. Slepneva and A. Kovalev and N. Rebrova and K. Grigorenko and E. Viktorov and G. Huyet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.07791},
year = {2019}
}
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