Sliding Frequency Modelocking of Swept Laser

摘要ECCS-0801412S。马萨诸塞州云综合医院目标：该项目的总体目标是了解和开发波长扫描激光器中的新模型锁定技术。智能优点：滑动频率模式锁定(SFM)是一种使用独特的扫描操作机制来产生扫描脉冲的新技术。对SFM的深入了解将极大地提高我们为新的应用开发新型扫描激光器的能力。本项目旨在通过理论和实验研究探索SFM的基本原理和技术。更广泛的影响：拟议的研究有望为基本理解扫描激光技术和模型锁定做出重要贡献。它将提供以下内容：(1)改进锁模扫描激光器的理论模型；(2)理解和实现传统锁模技术，如扫描激光器中的主动相位调制和克尔透镜锁模；(3)新颖的皮秒扫描激光器和高速钛宝石扫描激光器。锁模扫描激光器可以实现从非线性成像到时间分辨光谱分析的各种应用。该项目为在哈佛医学院高度创新和协作的环境中教育和培训研究生和研究员提供了一个理想的机会。参加哈佛-麻省理工学院HST暑期学院和暑期实习的本科生将参加这个项目。我们的团队与其他研究小组以及工业界有着广泛的合作。锁模扫描激光器有很大的潜力成为一种强大的光源，以实现和促进各种应用，特别是在生物医学成像方面，以促进医疗保健。

AbstractECCS-0801412S. Yun, Massachusetts General HospitalObjective: The overall goal of this project is to understand and develop novel modelocking techniques in wavelength-swept lasers. Intellectual merit: Sliding Frequency Modelocking (SFM) is a new technique for generating swept pulses using a unique mechanism to swept operation. A deeper understanding of SFM would greatly enhance our ability to develop a novel swept laser for new applications. This project aims to explore the fundamentals and technologies of SFM through theoretical and experimental investigations. Broader Impacts: The proposed research promises to make important contributions to the fundamental understanding of swept laser technology and modelocking. It will provides the following: (1) improved theoretical models of modelocked swept lasers, (2) understanding and implementation of traditional modelocking techniques, such as active phase modulation and Kerr lens modelocking in swept lasers, and (3) novel picosecond swept lasers and high-speed Ti:sapphire swept lasers. Mode-locked swept lasers may enable a variety of applications ranging from nonlinear imaging to time-resolved spectroscopy. This project provides an ideal opportunity to educate and train graduate students and research fellows in the highly innovative and collaborative environment at Harvard Medical School. Undergraduate students enrolled in the Harvard-MIT HST summer institute and summer internship will participate in this project. Our group has extensive collaborations with other research groups as well as with industry. Mode-locked swept lasers have a significant potential to become a powerful light source to enable and facilitate a variety of applications, particularly in biomedical imaging to advance health care.