Wideband Raman-Pumped Wavelength-Swept Laser for Optical Coherence Tomography Application

We demonstrate a new wavelength-swept laser based on fiber Raman amplification (FRA), achieved by multiplexing three different pump lasers at wavelengths of 1455, 1475, and 1509 nm. The obtained sweeping bandwidth was from 1526.1 to 1637.9 nm, which was as wide as 111.8 nm. It is the widest hitherto demonstrated based on FRA. We also present the use of this swept laser in the application scenario of optical coherence tomography (OCT). This scheme paves the way for fiber Raman amplification to be employed as a promising source for generating a wideband swept source for OCT application.