DOCUMENT LIBRARY This document library contains papers relevant to tunable filters and swept lasers in the following applications:
Bio-Medical
Scientific Applications
Telecommunications
General Overview
Introduction to Fiber Fabry-Perot Tunable Filters 
An overview of Micron Optics tunable filters.
Filter Configurator Program
A spreadsheet helps users visualize the filter's response curve after inputting a bandwidth and finesse value. It also includes important calculations such as contrast factor, isolation, and loss estimation.
First Time User's Guide
This document explains how to quickly hook up a tunable filter to Micron Optics' FFP-C filter controller.
Technical Reference Guide
Technical details on the operation of a PZT-based tunable filter.
Bio-Medical
Human Brain Mapping: Basal Ganglia Hypoactivity during Grip Force in Drug Naive Parkinson's Disease
by M. Spraker, J. Prodoehl, D. Corcos, C. Comella and D. Vaillancourt (2009).
© 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Selective Regions of the Visuomotor System are Related to Gain-Induced Changes in Force Error
by S. Coombes, D. Corcos, L. Sprute and D. Vaillancourt (2010).
© 2010 Journal of Neurophysiology
Handheld foward-imaging needle endoscope for ophthalmic optical coherence tomography inspection
by S. Han, M. Sarunic, J. Wu, M. Humayun, C. Yang (2008).
© 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
9-Watt swept-wavelength diode-oscillator Yb-fiber-amplifier system
by P. Grob, B. Adhimoolam, M.E. Klein, I.D. Lindsay, K. Hsu, K.J. Boller (2006).
© 2006 Optical Society of America
Swept laser source at 1 µm for Fourier domain optical coherence tomography
by J. Zhang, Q. Wang, B. Rao, Z. Chen, K. Hsu, August (2006).
© 2006 American Institute of Physics.
Fourier Domain Mode Locked Lasers for OCT imaging at up to 290 kHz sweep rates
by R. Huber, K. Taira, M. Wojtkowski, J.G. Fujimoto, June (2005).
© 2005 Optical Society of America.
Amplified, frequency swept lasers for frequency domain reflectometry and OCT imaging: design and scaling principles
by R. Huber, M. Wojtkowski, K. Taira, J. G. Fujimoto, K. Hsu; Optics Express, v.13, no.9, p.3513, May 2 (2005).
© 2005 Optical Society of America
In vivo blood flow imaging by a swept laser source based Fourier domain optical Doppler tomography
by J. Zhang, Z. Chen (2005).
© 2005 Optical Society of America
Swept source optical coherence tomography using an all-fiber 1300nm fiber ring swept laser source
by M.A. Choma, K. Hsu, J.A. Izatt ; J. Biomedical Optics (2005).
© 2005 Used with permission of the authors
High speed frequency swept light source for Fourier domain OCT at 20KHz A-scan rate
by R. Huber, K. Hsu, K. Taira, M. Wojtkowski, T.H. Ko, and J.G. Fujimoto; SPIE Photonics West, Biomedical Optics, Session 5690-18 (2005).
© 2005 Used with permission of the authors
Heterodyne swept-source optical coherence tomography for complete complex conjugate ambiguity removal
by A. Maheshwari, M.A. Choma, J.A. Izatt; SPIE Photonics West, Biomedical Optics, Session 5690-17 (2005).
© 2005 Used with permission of the authors
Swept-wavelength source for optical coherence tomography in the 1 µm range
by F.D. Nielsen, L. Thrane, J. Black, K. Hsu, A. Bjarklev, P. E. Andersen; European Conference on Biomedical Optics (2005).
Instantaneous complex conjugate resolved spectral domain and swept-source OCT using 3x3 fiber couplers
by M.V. Sarunic, M.A. Choma, C. Yang, J.A. Izatt; Optics Express, v.13, no.3, p.957, February 7 (2005).
© 2005 Optical Society of America
Removal of a mirror image and enhancement of the signal-to-noise ratio in Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography using an electro-optic phase modulator
by J. Zhang, J.S. Nelson, and Z. Chen; Optics Letters, v. 30, no. 2, January 15, p.147-149 (2005).
© 2005 Optical Society of America
Full range polarization-sensitive Fourier domain optical coherence tomography
by J. Zhang, W. Jung, J.S. Nelson, Z. Chen; Optics Express, v.12, no.24, p.6033, November 29 (2004)
© 2004 Optical Society of America
by M. A. Choma, M. V. Sarunic, C. Yang, J. A. Izatt Express, v.11, no.18, p.2183, September 8 (2003).
© 2003 Optical Society of America
Polarization based Microscopy using a Fiber Optic Spectral Polarimeter
by E. Kim, D.P. Dave, T.E. Milner; SPIE Proceeding, 4617, p.191 (2002).
© 2002 Used with permission of the authors
Scientific Applications
Tunable all-optical NOR gate at 10Gb/s based on SOA fiber ring laser
by C. Zhao, X. Zhang, H. Liu, D. Liu, D. Huang Optics Express, v.13, no.8, p.2793, April 18 (2005).
© 2005 Optical Society of America.
Rapid amplitude and group-delay measurement system based on intra-cavity-modulated swept-lasers
by S. Y. Set, K. Hsu, P. J. Santangelo, C. S. Goh, and K. Kikuchi; Special Joint Issue of the J. Lightwave Technol. and the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, v.53 p.192 (2004).
© 2004 IEEE. Reprinted, with permission, from IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, v.53 p.192 (2004)
Broadband wavelength tunable, single frequency, and single polarization Bismuth Oxide-based Erbium-doped fiber laser
by H. Sotobayashi, J. T. Gopinath, Y. Takushima, K. Hsu, and E. P. Ippen; IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., v.16, no.7, p.1628 (2004).
© 2004 IEEE. Reprinted, with permission, from IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, v.53 p.192 (2004)
A 2cm-long mode-locked fiber Fabry-Perot laser (FFPL) incorporating carbon nanotubes
by S. Yamashita, Y. Inoue, K. Hsu, S.Y. Set, M. Jablonski, H. Yaguchi, T. Kotake, and K. Sato; Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO-04) (2004).
Copyright 2004. Used with permission of the authors.
10GHz short-cavity fiber pulsed lasers passively mode-locked using carbon nanotubes
by S.Y. Set, S. Yamashita, K. Hsu, K.H. Fong, Y. Inoue, K. Sata, D. Tanaka, and M. Jablonski; Ninth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference/Third International Conference on Optical Internet (OECC/COIN2004).
Copyright 2004. Used with permission of the authors
Active mode-locking of miniature fiber Fabry-Perot laser (FFPL) in a ring cavity
by S. Yamashita and K. Hsu; Electronics Lett., 37, p.1115 (2001).
Copyright 2001. Used with permission of the authors
Single-polarization generation in fiber Fabry-Perot laser by self-injection locking in short feedback cavity
by K. Hsu, S. Yamashita; J. Lightwave Technol., LT-19, p.520, (2001).
© 2001 IEEE. Reprinted, with permission, from J. Lightwave Technol., LT-19, p.520, (2001)
Tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser precisely locked to the 50GHz ITU frequency grid
by T. Haber, K. Hsu, C. M. Miller, and Y. Bao; IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., 12, p.1456 (2000).
© 2000 IEEE. Reprinted, with permission, from IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., 12, p.1456 (2000)
High-performance single-frequency fiber Fabry-Perot laser (FFPL) with self-injection locking by S. Yamashita, K. Hsu, and T. Murakami; Electronics Lett., 35, p.1952 (1999).
Single-frequency, single-polarization operation of tunable miniature erbium:ytterbium fiber Fabry-Perot lasers by use of self-injection locking
by S. Yamashita and K. Hsu; Optics Lett. 23, p.1200 (1998).
© 1998 Optical Society of America.
Continuously tunable photopumped 1.3mm fiber Fabry-Perot surface-emitting lasers
by K. Hsu, C. M. Miller, D. Babic, D. Houng, and A. Taylor; IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., 10, p.1199 (1998).
© 1998 IEEE.
Telecommunications
Harmonically mode-locked glass waveguide laser with 21-fs timing jitter
by J.E. Malowicki, M.L. Fanto, M.J. Hayduk, and P.J. Delfyett, Jr.; IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, v.17, no.1, p.40 (2005).
© 2005 IEEE. Reprinted, with permission, from IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, v.17, no.1, p.40 (2005)
Compact all-optical clock and data recovery for variable length asynchronous data packets based on integrated MZI switches
by P. Bakopoulos, D. Tsiokos, O. Zouraraki, H. Avramopoulos, G. Maxwell, A. Poustie
© 2005; used with permission of National Technical University of Athens
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