Performance analysis of a swept-source optical coherence tomography system with a quadrature interferometer and optical amplification

Optics Communications

Volumn 284, Issue 10-11, 2011, Pages 2622-2627

  Mao, Youxin ^a   Flueraru, Costel ^a   Chang, Shoude ^a   Popescu, Dan P ^a   Sowa, Michael G ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological imaging; Medical; Optical coherence tomography; Quadrature interferometer; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PENETRATION DEPTH; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; QUADRATURE INTERFEROMETER; SWEPT SOURCE; VESSEL WALLS; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

AMPLIFICATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; INTERFEROMETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 79952288916     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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