K-space linear Fourier domain mode locked laser and applications for optical coherence tomography

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8916-8937

  Eigenwillig, Christoph M ^a   Biedermann, Benjamin R ^a   Palte, Gesa ^a   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FOURIER SERIES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

FEEDBACK CONTROL LOOPS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; LINEAR TIME FREQUENCY; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; OPTICAL BANDPASS FILTERS; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WAVELENGTH SWEPT LASER;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 45449111633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008916     Document Type: Article

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