Title :
Fizeau optical coherence tomography: sensitivity optimization and system analysis
Author :
Sharma, Utkarsh ; Kang, Jin U. ; Fried, Nathaniel M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a compact all-fiber Fizeau OCT system and theoretically analyze sensitivity optimization in unbalanced and balanced detection. Interestingly, our analysis predicts existence of unusually high beat noise in Fizeau OCT as compared to the conventional OCT.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; optical fibres; optical noise; optical tomography; optimisation; balanced detection; compact all-fiber Fizeau optical coherence tomography; high beat noise; sensitivity optimization; system analysis; unbalanced detection; Biomedical optical imaging; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Probes; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202368
