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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 8, 1360(2020)

Reconfigurable time-stretched swept laser source with up to 100 MHz sweep rate, 100 nm bandwidth, and 100 mm OCT imaging range Editors' Pick

Dongmei Huang1,2, Feng Li1,2、*, Chao Shang2,3,4, Zihao Cheng1,2, and P. K. A. Wai1,2
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  • 1Photonics Research Centre, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 2The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China
  • 3Photonics Research Centre, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, School of Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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    Dongmei Huang, Feng Li, Chao Shang, Zihao Cheng, P. K. A. Wai. Reconfigurable time-stretched swept laser source with up to 100 MHz sweep rate, 100 nm bandwidth, and 100 mm OCT imaging range[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(8): 1360

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Feb. 7, 2020

    Accepted: Jun. 17, 2020

    Published Online: Aug. 6, 2020

    The Author Email: Feng Li (enlf@polyu.edu.hk)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.390076

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