Title :
Ce-doped fibers with high axial resolution for optical coherence tomography applications
Author :
Chun-Nien Liu ; Yi-Chung Huang ; Pi-Ling Huang ; Sheng-Lung Huang ; Wood-Hi Cheng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Sun Yat-sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
The fabrication and performance of CeDFs using drawing tower and powder-in-tube technique are reported. The fluorescence spectrum of CeDFs exhibited a 160-nm near-Gaussian broadband emission with 41.4-dB SNR and 1.47-μm axial resolution, which was better than any other light sources to achieve axial resolution. These novel CeDFs may be functioned as a highresolution source for use in fiber optical coherence tomography applications.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cerium; drawing (mechanical); fluorescence; optical fibre fabrication; optical tomography; Ce-doped fibers; drawing tower; fiber optical coherence tomography; fluorescence spectrum; near-Gaussian broadband emission; powder-in-tube technique; wavelength 160 nm; Broadband communication; Coherence; Optical crosstalk; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
