• DocumentCode
    444080
  • Title

    Submicron-resolution optical coherence tomography using noncollinear parametric down-conversion

  • Author

    Carrasco, S. ; Nasr, M.B. ; Sergienko, A.V. ; Saleh, B.E.A. ; Teich, M.C. ; Torres, J.P. ; Torner, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., MA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    172
  • Abstract
    Submicron axial resolution in optical coherence tomography is demonstrated using one output beam from a broadband noncollinear parametric down-conversion source. The large spectral bandwidth is achieved by tightly focusing the narrowband pump laser.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; optical focusing; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric devices; optical tomography; broadband down-conversion source; narrowband pump laser focusing; noncollinear parametric down-conversion; spectral bandwidth; submicron axial resolution; submicron-resolution optical coherence tomography; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Image resolution; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical pumping; Tomography; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548716
  • Filename
    1548716