Development of a high power supercontinuum source in the 1.7 μm wavelength region for highly penetrative ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 932-943

  Kawagoe, H ^a   Ishida, S ^a   Aramaki, M ^a   Sakakibara, Y ^b,c   Omoda, E ^b   Kataura, H ^b,c   Nishizawa, N ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; POLYMERIC FILMS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; WATER ABSORPTION;

AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CAVITY CONFIGURATION; HIGH REPETITION RATE; POLYIMIDE FILM; REPETITION RATE; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGH POWER SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCE; HUMAN; LASER; NAIL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWINE; THYROID GLAND; TIME DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TOOTH; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84895766002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.5.000932     Document Type: Article

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