Ultrabroadband wavelength-swept source based on total mode-locking of an Yb:CaF<sub>2</sub> laser

Maciej Kowalczyk; Tadeusz Martynkien; Paweł Mergo; Grzegorz Soboń; Jarosław Sotor

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000182

Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 2, 182(2019)

Ultrabroadband wavelength-swept source based on total mode-locking of an Yb:CaF₂ laser

Maciej Kowalczyk^1、*, Tadeusz Martynkien², Paweł Mergo³, Grzegorz Soboń¹, and Jarosław Sotor¹

¹Laser & Fiber Electronics Group, Faculty of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland

²Department of Optics and Photonics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland

³Laboratory of Optical Fiber Technology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, pl. M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 3, Lublin, Poland

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Aug. 17, 2018

Accepted: Dec. 18, 2018

Published Online: Feb. 19, 2019

The Author Email: Maciej Kowalczyk (m.kowalczyk@pwr.edu.pl)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000182

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