Characterization of Fourier domain mode-locked wavelength swept laser for optical coherence tomography imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3727-3737

  Jeon, Min Yong ^a,b   Zhang, Jun ^a   Chen, Zhongping ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FOURIER OPTICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; SCANNING; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVELENGTH;

BACKWARD SCANS; FOURIER DOMAIN MODE LOCKING; SCANNING FREQUENCIES; WAVELENGTH SWEPT LASERS;

LASER OPTICS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 41149135622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.003727     Document Type: Article

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