Low-spatial-coherence high-radiance broadband fiber source for speckle free imaging.
Redding B, Ahmadi P, Mokan V, Seifert M, Choma MA, Cao H. Low-spatial-coherence high-radiance broadband fiber source for speckle free imaging. Optics Letters 2015, 40: 4607-10. PMID: 26469575, DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.004607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFiber ASE sourceFull-field imagingLow temporal coherenceASE sourceHigh powerSpeckle-free imagingContinuous wave emissionLow spatial coherenceSpontaneous emission sourceHalf-maximum bandwidthCore multimode fiberTemporal coherenceOptical feedbackWave emissionMultimode fiberSpatial modesFull widthFree imagingSpatial coherenceSpectral compoundingSpeckle suppressionEmission sourcesCoherenceEmissionFiber source