Fig. 1. FDML sweep source simplification schematic

Fig. 2. Structural diagram of high-speed broadband swept source

Fig. 3. System physical map

Fig. 4. QW-SOA output characteristics

Fig. 5. QD-SOA output characteristics

Fig. 6. Parallel spectra. (a) Gain area to be used; (b) spectra of QW-SOA paralleled to QD-SOA

Fig. 7. Gain versus wavelength for different amplifiers. (a) QW-SOA; (b) QD-SOA

Fig. 8. Normalized spectra. (a) QW-SOA; (b) QD-SOA; (c) QW-SOA paralleled to QD-SOA

Fig. 9. Output spectrum of high-speed broadband swept source

Fig. 10. Timing diagram of output spectrum of high-speed broadband swept source