• DocumentCode
    1481544
  • Title

    In Vivo OCT Imaging Using Wavelength-Swept Fiber Laser Based on Dispersion Tuning

  • Author

    Takubo, Yuya ; Yamashita, Shinji

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    6/15/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    979
  • Lastpage
    981
  • Abstract
    We are developing a wide wavelength-swept fiber laser based on a dispersion tuning method for application to swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) imaging. The tuning range of the laser is about 140 nm and the output power is 8 mW on average. We successfully obtained the in vivo OCT picture of the human skin at 1-kHz sweep rate.
  • Keywords
    biomedical optical imaging; fibre lasers; laser applications in medicine; laser tuning; optical fibre dispersion; optical tomography; skin; dispersion tuning; human skin; in vivo OCT imaging; swept-source optical coherence tomography; wavelength-swept fiber laser; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical fiber applications; optical fiber dispersion; optical imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2012.2190503
  • Filename
    6177225