An Electrooptic Feedforward System for Dynamic Control of a Quasi-Continuous-Wave Chirped Laser Source

Mandridis D., ÖZDÜR İ. T., Delfyett P. J.

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, cilt.21, sa.17, ss.1226-1228, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 17
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/lpt.2009.2024644
  • Dergi Adı: IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1226-1228
  • Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In this letter, a feedforward system is developed for control of a quasi-continuous-wave (CW) chirped source. The goal of this study is to improve the uniformity of the temporal profile of a quasi-CW chirped laser source. The chirped spectrum input to the system is dynamically flattened using a feedforward scheme having bandwidth in excess of 1 GHz, resulting in more than three times reduction on the contrast of the input spectrum. A uniform chirped spectrum laser source can be used in time-stretched photonic analog-to-digital conversion, as part of laser radar system, or for optical coherence tomography.