Title :
Electron-injection detectors for swept source optical coherence tomography
Author :
Fathipour, V. ; Mohseni, H.
Author_Institution :
Bio-Inspired Sensors & Optoelectron. Lab., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
Electron-injection detectors are used in an OCT system for the first time. Compared to a commercial p-i-n detector, electron-injection detectors show ~20 dB higher SNR. This could lead to OCT systems without the need for balanced-detection.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; optical tomography; OCT system; commercial p-i-n detector; electron-injection detectors; swept source optical coherence tomography; Detectors; Optical attenuators; Optical detectors; Optical imaging; PIN photodiodes; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
