Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography at 1.15 μm using photonic crystal fiber with no zero-dispersion wavelengths

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3085-3092

  Wang, Hui ^a   Fleming, Christine P ^a   Rollins, Andrew M ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVELENGTH;

DISPERSION WAVELENGTHS; EMISSION SPECTRUM; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947416105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.003085     Document Type: Article

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