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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 Huang^1,2, Feng Li^1,2、*, Chao Shang^2,3,4, Zihao Cheng^1,2, and P. K. A. Wai^1,2

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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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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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