• DocumentCode
    1673204
  • Title

    Dispersion compensated megahertz FDML laser for imaging of the anterior segment

  • Author

    Wieser, Wolfgang ; Klein, Thomas ; Adler, Desmond C. ; Trépanier, Francois ; Karpf, Sebastian ; Eigenwillig, Christoph M. ; Schmitt, Joseph M. ; Huber, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Lehrstuhl fur BioMolekulare Opt., Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a Fourier domain mode locked laser at 1.6 MHz scan rate with greatly improved coherence length by reducing the laser cavity dispersion and the application of this laser in optical coherence tomography.
  • Keywords
    Fourier transform optics; biomedical optical imaging; image resolution; laser applications in medicine; laser cavity resonators; medical image processing; optical dispersion; optical tomography; Fourier domain mode locked laser; anterior segment imaging; coherence length; dispersion compensated megahertz FDML laser; frequency 1.6 MHz; image resolution; laser cavity dispersion; optical coherence tomography; Coherence; Dispersion; Image segmentation; Imaging; Laser mode locking; Optics; Sensitivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326400