Title :
In Vivo OCT Imaging Using Wavelength-Swept Fiber Laser Based on Dispersion Tuning
Author :
Takubo, Yuya ; Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
6/15/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We are developing a wide wavelength-swept fiber laser based on a dispersion tuning method for application to swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) imaging. The tuning range of the laser is about 140 nm and the output power is 8 mW on average. We successfully obtained the in vivo OCT picture of the human skin at 1-kHz sweep rate.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; fibre lasers; laser applications in medicine; laser tuning; optical fibre dispersion; optical tomography; skin; dispersion tuning; human skin; in vivo OCT imaging; swept-source optical coherence tomography; wavelength-swept fiber laser; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical fiber applications; optical fiber dispersion; optical imaging;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2012.2190503
