Title :
A Fiber Based Interferometer with Discrete Tunable Laser for Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Author :
Wei, Luo ; Xiaohong, Ma ; Huafeng, Zhao
Author_Institution :
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing
Abstract :
We demonstrate a fiber interferometer with a discrete tunable laser source, which has the feasibility to be utilized in Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT). The structure of the experimental system, its operation principle and theoretical analysis are presented, showing that sampled grating distributed Bragg reflector (SG-DBR) lasers have the potentiality to be adopted as light source in FD-OCT.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Fourier transform optics; biomedical optical imaging; fibre lasers; laser applications in medicine; laser tuning; light interferometers; light sources; optical tomography; FD-OCT; Fourier domain optical coherence tomography; SG-DBR; discrete tunable laser; fiber interferometer; light source; sampled grating distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Light sources; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Tomography; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics; FD-OCT; SG-DBR laser; discrete light source;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics, Nanophotonics and Metamaterials, 2006. Metamaterials 2006. International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9773-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9774-6
DOI :
10.1109/METAMAT.2006.334999
