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Recent Development of Fourier Domain Mode-Locked Laser

Version 1 : Received: 30 October 2024 / Approved: 30 October 2024 / Online: 31 October 2024 (09:50:30 CET)

How to cite: Chen, L.; Zhang, H.; Yu, S.; Luo, B.; Jiang, T. Recent Development of Fourier Domain Mode-Locked Laser. Preprints 2024, 2024102490. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2490.v1 Chen, L.; Zhang, H.; Yu, S.; Luo, B.; Jiang, T. Recent Development of Fourier Domain Mode-Locked Laser. Preprints 2024, 2024102490. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.2490.v1

Abstract

Since the advent of Fourier Domain Mode-Locked (FDML) lasers, they have demonstrated outstanding performance in several fields. They achieve high-speed, narrow-linewidth laser output with the new mode-locking mechanism, which has been intensively researched in the past decades. Compared with conventional wavelength-scanning light sources, FDML lasers have successfully increased the scanning rate of frequency-sweeping lasers from kHz to MHz. They are widely used in optical coherence tomography, spectral analysis, microscopy, measurement, and microwave signal generation. With the deepening research on FDML lasers, several performance metrics have been optimized and improved, offering superior performance for FDML laser-based applications. This paper reviews the principles and key performance indicators of FDML lasers, as well as the recent progress made in some important applications, and highlights further research directions for FDML lasers in the future.

Keywords

Fourier domain mode-locked laser; Optical coherence tomography; Stimulated Raman scattering; Dispersion compensation

Subject

Physical Sciences, Optics and Photonics

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