Glass-clad crystal fiber based ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography

Author

Wang, Y.T. ; Tsai, C.C. ; Hsu, K.Y. ; Lin, Y.S. ; Jheng, D.Y. ; Huang, K.Y. ; Huang, S.L. ; Yeh, P.S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2009

fDate

30-3 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Cr⁴⁺:YAG double-clad crystal fiber can generate CW and near-Gaussian-shape 265-nm emission at milliwatt level. This work describes a cellular resolution optical coherence tomography, which has a 3.6-mum axial resolution at NIR wavelength in air.

Keywords

biomedical optical imaging; image resolution; optical fibres; optical glass; optical tomography; superradiance; ASE; CW emission; NIR wavelength; YAG:Cr⁴⁺; amplified spontaneous emission; cellular resolution OCT; double-clad crystal fiber; glass-clad crystal fiber; near-Gaussian-shape emission; noninvasive medical imaging; ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography; wavelength 265 nm; Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; Image resolution; Optical crosstalk; Photonic crystal fibers; Pixel; Stimulated emission; Superluminescent diodes; Tomography; Crystal fiber; optical coherence tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3829-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3830-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292294

Filename

5292294