Title :
All fiber high resolution OCT system using an ultrashort pulse high power fiber laser
Author :
Nishizawa, N. ; Chen, Y. ; Hsiung, P. ; Sharma, V. ; Ko, T.H. ; Fujimoto, J.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
High resolution, real time OCT is demonstrated with <10 /spl mu/m in tissue at 1.5-1.6 /spl mu/m wavelengths using high power, low noise broadband spectrum generated by mode-locked stretched-pulse Er doped fiber laser and highly nonlinear fiber.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser applications in medicine; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical tomography; skin; 1.5 to 1.6 mum; OCT; mode-locked stretched-pulse Er doped fiber laser; nonlinear fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
