Optical coherence microscopy using a reflective grating phase delay scanner

Author

Aguirre, A.D. ; Hsiung, P. ; Ko, T.H. ; Hartl, I. ; Fujimoto, J.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

367

Abstract

Summary from only given. We demonstrate optical coherence microscopy using a novel reflective grating phase modulator and a compact handheld probe. Our grating phase modulator is similar to reflective pulse stretchers and compressors previously developed for femtosecond pulse amplification. The reflective phase delay line can support broad spectral bandwidths and perform high speed phase modulation. This system design will enable high resolution, high speed OCM imaging at wavelengths which were previously inaccessible.

Keywords

biomedical imaging; diffraction gratings; optical delay lines; optical microscopy; optical modulation; optical scanners; biomedical imaging; broad spectral bandwidths; compact handheld probe; femtosecond pulse amplification; grating phase modulator; high speed OCM imaging; high speed phase modulation; optical coherence microscopy; pulse compressors; pulse stretchers; reflective grating phase modulator; reflective phase delay line; skin; Delay; Gratings; High speed optical techniques; Optical microscopy; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034093

Filename

1034093