Title :
High-resolution optical coherence tomography and its dispersion compensation
Author :
Lu, Chih-Wei ; Tsai, Meng-Tsan ; Wang, Yih-Ming ; Sun, Chia-Wei ; Hsu, I-Jen ; Chen, Su-Feng ; Lee, Chen-Kuan ; Kiang, Yean-Woei ; Yang, C.C. ; Lin, Chii-Wann
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel method for achieving the axial resolution of an OCT system beyond the limit set by the source spectral width. Then, a few methods for dispersion compensation and image improvement are discussed.
Keywords :
image resolution; light sources; optical dispersion; optical tomography; axial resolution; dispersion compensation; image improvement; optical coherence tomography; source spectral width; Bandwidth; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical optical imaging; Delay lines; Light sources; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Sun; Tomography; Ultraviolet sources;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274638