Multi-wavelength source for the lower exposure intensity of spectral OCT

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6849, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jung, Eun Joo ^a   Park, Jae Seok ^a   Jeong, Myung Yung ^a   Kim, Chang Seok ^a   Eom, Tae Joong ^b   Tougbaev, Vitali A ^b   Yu, Bong Ahn ^b   Shin, Woojin ^b   Ko, Do Kyeong ^b   Lee, Ji Hye ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber optics components; Multi wavelength source; Optical coherence tomography; Polarization maintaining fiber; Sagnac effect

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COHERENT LIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; BROAD BAND LIGHT SOURCE (BLS); CCD DETECTORS; CHANNEL SPACINGS; CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING; CROSS-TALK PROBLEM; EFFECTIVE LENGTH; EXPOSURE INTENSITY; FABRY-PEROT; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LIGHT POWER; MULTI WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; OPTICAL-COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER (PMF); SAGNAC INTERFEROMETERS; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECTRAL OCT (SOCT);

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 42149137480     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.762917     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. D. Huang, E. Swanson, C. Lin, J. Schuman, W. Stinson, W. Chang, M. Hee, T. Flotte, K. Gregory, C. Puliafito, and J. Fujimoto, "Optical coherence tomography,' Science, 254, 1178-1181 (1991)
2. A.F. Fercher, W. Drexler, C. K. Hitzenberger, and T. Lasser, "Optical Coherence Tomography - Principles and Applications," Rep. Prog. Phys., 66, 239-303 (2003).
3. N. Nassif, B. Cense, B. H. Park, S. H. Yun, T. C. Chen, B. E. Bouma, G. J. Tearney, and J. F. de Boer, "In vivo human retinal imaging by ultrahigh-speed spectral domain optical coherence tomography," Opt. Lett. 29, 480-482 (2004).
4. S. H. Yun, C. Boudoux, G. J. Tearney, and B. E. Bouma, "High-speed wavelength-swept semiconductor laser with a polygon-scanner-based wavelength filter," Opt. Lett. 28, 1981-1983 (2003).
5. R. Leitgeb, C. K. Hitzenberger, and A. F. Fercher, "Performance of Fourier domain vs. time domain optical coherence tomography," Opt. Express 11, 889-894 (2003).
6. J. F. de Boer, B. Cense, B. H. Park, M. C. Pierce, G. J. Tearney, and B. E. Bouma, "Improved signal-to-noise ratio in spectral-domain compared with time-domain optical coherence tomography," Opt. Lett. 28, 2067-2069 (2003).
7. T. Bajraszewski, M. Wojtkowski , A. Szkulmowska, W. Fojt, M. Szkulmowski, A. Kowalczyk Fourier domain Optical Coherence Tomography using Optical Frequency Comb, Proc. SPIE, 6429, 64291L (2007)
8. M. A. Choma, M. V. Sarunic, C. Yang, and J. Izatt, "Sensitivity advantage of swept source and Fourier domain optical coherence tomography," Opt. Express 11, 2183-2189 (2003).
9. C.-.S. Kim, and Jin U. Kang, "Multi-wavelength switching of Raman fiber ring laser incorporating composite PMF Lyot-Sagnac filter," Appl. Opt., 43, 3151 (2004).
10. C.-.S. Kim, B. Choi, J. S. Nelson, Q. Li, P. Z. Dashti, H. P. Lee, "Compensation of polarization-dependent loss in transmission fiber gratings by use of a Sagnac loop interferometer" Opt. Lett. 30, 20 (2005).
11. Yu, and A. S. Siddiqui, "Optical modulators using fibreoptic Sagnac interferometers," IEE Proc. Optoelectron. 141, 1 (1994).