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Fourier domain mode locking: method and apparatus for control and improved performance

US8315282B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

Robert Huber · Schnaitsee, DE
James G. Fujimoto · Cambridge, US
Desmond Adler · Bedford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 2008
Grant date	Nov 20, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 24, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S2301/04
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A control system for improving and stabilizing Fourier domain mode locking (FDML) operation. The control system may also provide regulation of FDML operational parameters such as filter tuning, laser gain, polarization, polarization chromaticity, elliptical polarization retardance, and/or dispersion. The control system may be located internal to or external from the FDML laser cavity.

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