Title :
Agile Wideband Light Source for Optical Coherence Tomography Using Optical SSB Frequency Sweep Technique
Author :
Yamamoto, Takehiro ; Kohno, Ryuji ; Chiba, Akito ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
We propose an agile wideband light source, which targeted on optical coherence tomography (OCT), consists of an optical single-sideband modulation (SSB) frequency sweeper cascaded with an optical frequency comb generator and a multi-wavelength light source.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; light sources; optical modulation; optical tomography; agile wideband light source; frequency sweep technique; multiwavelength light source; optical coherence tomography; optical frequency comb generator; optical single-sideband modulation frequency sweeper; Amplitude modulation; Biomedical optical imaging; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Light sources; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Signal generators; Tomography; Wideband; Single-sideband modulation; multi-wavelength light source; optical coherence tomography; optical frequency comb; optical frequency sweep;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2007 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0926-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288370
