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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 6, 904(2020)

Frequency comb swept laser with a high-Q microring filter

Dongmei Huang1,2, Feng Li1,2、*, Chao Shang2,3, Zihao Cheng1,2, S. T. Chu4, 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
  • 4Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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    [1] 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," Photonics Res. 8, 1360 (2020)

    [2] Seongjin Bak, Gyeong Hun Kim, Hansol Jang, Chang-Seok Kim, "Optical Vernier sampling using a dual-comb-swept laser to solve distance aliasing," Photonics Res. 9, 657 (2021)

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Dec. 30, 2019

    Accepted: Mar. 24, 2020

    Published Online: May. 18, 2020

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

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.386900

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