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Dual-core ytterbium fiber amplifier for high-power 1060 nm swept source multichannel optical coherence tomography
Mark K Harduar1, Adrian Mariampillai, Barry Vuong
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada M5B 2K3.
Abstract:
A novel (to our knowledge) dual-core ytterbium (Yb(3+)) doped fiber, as an optically pumped amplifier, boosts the output power from a 1060 nm swept source laser beyond 250 mW, while providing a wavelength tuning range of 93 nm, for optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. The design of the dual-core Yb-doped fiber amplifier and its multiple wavelength optical pumping scheme to optimize output bandwidth are discussed. Use of the dual-core fiber amplifier showed no appreciable degradation to the coherence length of the seed laser. The signal intensity improvement of this amplifier is demonstrated on a multichannel in vivo OCT imaging system at 1060 nm.
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