• DocumentCode
    1988103
  • Title

    Phase and amplitude optimization in an optical coherence tomography system using a programmable spectral filter

  • Author

    Yang, Anna ; Vanholsbeeck, Frédérique ; Coen, Stéphane ; Schroeder, Jochen

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    772
  • Lastpage
    774
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the use of a programmable optical spectral filter to compensate all orders of chromatic dispersion in an all-fibre Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography system at 1550 nm. The point-spread-function, originally 58 μm wide, asymmetric, with strong sidelobes, is successfully made symmetric and recompressed to 38 μm, close to the theoretical limit of 36 μm.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical tomography; optical transfer function; all-fibre Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography system; amplitude optimization; chromatic dispersion; phase optimization; point spread function; programmable optical spectral filter; size 36 mum; size 38 mum; size 58 mum; wavelength 1550 nm; Dispersion; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193858
  • Filename
    6193858