Power-efficient nonreciprocal interferometer and linear-scanning fiber-optic catheter for optical coherence tomography

Optics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 531-533

  Bouma, B E ^a   Tearney, G J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; COHERENT LIGHT; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; INTERFEROMETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

FIBER-OPTIC INTERFEROMETERS; LINEAR-SCANNING FIBER-OPTIC CATHETERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT);

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032620384     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.24.000531     Document Type: Article

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