Title :
1.7 µm wavelength tunable supercontinuum source for optical coherence tomography
Author :
Ishida, S. ; Nishizawa, N. ; Ohta, T. ; Itoh, K.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Adv. Sci. & Biotechnol., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
High resolution and high penetration depth OCT is demonstrated with Gaussian shaped, center wavelength tunable, 230 nm wide bandwidth, high power supercontinuum at 1.65-1.73 μm wavelengths region using ultrashort pulse fiber laser based system.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical tomography; supercontinuum generation; Gaussian shaped; optical coherence tomography; ultrashort pulse fiber laser; wavelength 1.65 mum to 1.73 mum; wavelength tunable supercontinuum source; Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Tomography; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
