title: Fast scanning transmissive delay line for optical coherence tomography.
abstract: A novel Fourier domain fast scanning optical delay line is proposed in which the walk-off is eliminated by only two passes through a diffraction grating. Working in transmission, the novel delay line is ideal for balanced optical coherence tomography configurations with recirculation of the reference beam. We evaluate theoretically and experimentally its walk-off and dispersion compensation capabilities.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Física FCUP, University of Porto, INESC-Porto, Porto, Portugal. ccrosa@fc.up.pt
authors.forename: Carla C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Adrian Gh
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Podoleanu
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation*