Fourier domain mode locked lasers for swept source OCT imaging at up to 290 kHz scan rates

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6079, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Huber, R ^a   Taira, K ^a   Wojtkowski, M ^a   Fujimoto, J G ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE LENGTHS; FOURIER DOMAIN MODE LOCKING (FDML); OCT IMAGING;

BANDWIDTH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FIBER LASERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646261393     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.648880     Document Type: Conference Paper

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