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Bart Johnson1, Walid Atia1, Mark Kuznetsov1
1Axsun Technologies, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA.
Biomedical Optics Express
|March 9, 2017
Abstract:
It has been shown theoretically and experimentally that short cavity swept lasers are passively mode locked. We develop a mathematical model of these lasers and the light field solutions are used to predict the coherence length and coherence revival behavior. The calculations compare favorably with data from a 990-1100 nm laser swept at 100 kHz suitable for optical coherence tomography applications.
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