Fabrication and Characteristics of Ce-Doped Fiber for High-Resolution OCT Source

Author

Chun-Nien Liu ; Yi-Chung Huang ; Yen-Sheng Lin ; Sheng-Yuan Wang ; Pi-Ling Huang ; Tien-Tsorng Shih ; Sheng-Lung Huang ; Wood-Hi Cheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Sun Yat-sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Volume

26

Issue

15

fYear

2014

fDate

Aug.1, 1 2014

Firstpage

1499

Lastpage

1502

Abstract

The fabrication of Ce-doped fibers (CeDFs) is demonstrated by drawing-tower method employing rod-in-tube technique. The fluorescence spectrum of CeDFs with a 16-μm core exhibited a 160-nm broadband emission with 1.45-μm axial resolution. This CeDF may be functioned as a high-resolution light source for optical coherence tomography applications.

Keywords

biomedical optical imaging; cerium; fluorescence; optical fibre fabrication; optical tomography; Ce-doped fiber fabrication; axial resolution; broadband emission; drawing-tower method; fluorescence spectrum; high-resolution OCT source; high-resolution light source; optical coherence tomography applications; rod-in-tube technique; size 16 mum; wavelength 160 nm; Broadband communication; Coherence; Fluorescence; Light sources; Optical fiber amplifiers; Fiber fabrication; cerium-doped fiber; laser biomedical application; optical coherence tomography;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2327127

Filename

6823173