Novel solid state / fiber / diode lasers and applications (3)

[ALPS11-03] Development of OCT in 2-um spectral region by using an all-fiberized ultrashort Tm-Ho co-doped fiber laser

*RONGJIE ZHANG¹, Futa Osaki¹, Shotaro Kitajima¹, Junya Yamamoto¹, Norihiko Nishizawa¹ (1. NAGOYA University)

We generated supercontinuum in 2-µm region by utilizing ultrashort pulse Tm-Ho co-doped fiber laser. Supercontinuum was applied as the light source of time-domain optical coherence tomography system, and cross-sectional imaging of human finger was demonstrated.