Title :
Incoherent, CW supercontinuum source based on erbium fiber ASE for optical coherence tomography imaging
Author :
Lee, Ju Han ; Jung, Eun Joo ; Kim, Chang-Seok
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
A novel light source of erbium-fiber ASE-seeded, depolarized, incoherent, CW supercontinuum is proposed for optical coherence tomography imaging. The OCT system using the ~110-nm bandwidth light source is experimentally demonstrated to enable high quality imaging of human tooth tissues.
Keywords :
optical tomography; supercontinuum generation; superradiance; ASE; incoherent CW supercontinuum source; optical coherence tomography imaging; Bandwidth; Erbium; Fiber nonlinear optics; Humans; Light sources; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Teeth; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5214437
