Title :
Silicon photonic optical coherence tomography system
Author :
Schneider, Scott ; Lauermann, M. ; Weimann, C. ; Freude, W. ; Koos, C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
A swept-source optical coherence tomography system is realized as a silicon photonic integrated circuit comprising passive components and germanium photo detector. Experiments show uniform sensitivity over 5 mm scanning range, enabling simple imaging demonstrations.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; integrated optics; optical tomography; photodetectors; germanium photodetector; silicon photonic integrated circuit; silicon photonic optical coherence tomography system; swept-source optical coherence tomography system; uniform sensitivity; Integrated optics; Mirrors; Optical imaging; Optical waveguides; Reflection; Silicon photonics; System-on-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
