Title :
High resolution optical-coherence-tomography using Ce-doped fibers fabricated by fiber drawing tower
Author :
Chun-Nien Liu ; Sheng-Yuan Wang ; Yi-Chung Huang ; Pi-Ling Huang ; Tien-Tsorng Shih ; Sheng-Lung Huang ; Wood-Hi Cheng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Sun Yat-sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
The fabrication of Ce-doped fibers employing drawing-tower method with rod-in-tube technique is demonstrated. The CeDFs exhibited a measured isotropic resolution of 1.43-μm which provides the potential for utilizing as broadband source for ultrahigh resolution OCT.
Keywords :
cerium; drawing (mechanical); optical fibre fabrication; optical tomography; Ce-doped fibers; broadband source; fiber drawing tower; high resolution optical-coherence-tomography; isotropic resolution; rod-in-tube technique; wavelength 1.43 mum; Broadband communication; Fluorescence; Light sources; Loss measurement; Poles and towers; Preforms; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
