• DocumentCode
    2987274
  • Title

    Fizeau optical coherence tomography: sensitivity optimization and system analysis

  • Author

    Sharma, Utkarsh ; Kang, Jin U. ; Fried, Nathaniel M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    2061
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a compact all-fiber Fizeau OCT system and theoretically analyze sensitivity optimization in unbalanced and balanced detection. Interestingly, our analysis predicts existence of unusually high beat noise in Fizeau OCT as compared to the conventional OCT.
  • Keywords
    biomedical optical imaging; optical fibres; optical noise; optical tomography; optimisation; balanced detection; compact all-fiber Fizeau optical coherence tomography; high beat noise; sensitivity optimization; system analysis; unbalanced detection; Biomedical optical imaging; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Probes; Tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202368
  • Filename
    1573434