Title :
Wavelength Tunable Fiber Laser Technology for Optical Coherence Tomography
Author_Institution :
School of Nano Science and Technology, Pusan National University, Korea ckim@pusan.ac.kr Tel: +82-51-510-2797 Fax: +82-51-514-2358
Abstract :
Wavelength tunable laser has always been the key technology for wavelength-division multiplexing optical communication community, but few have realized that wavelength-swept laser has great potentials in biomedical applications. In this talk, the application of wavelength-swept fiber laser will be especially discussed for Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography source. Various wavelength-swept lasers are investigated using novel fiber-optic wavelength-selecting filters, such as polarization-maintaining fiber and acousto-optic Sagnac loop tunable filters.
Keywords :
Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Tomography; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569434
