title: Double-pass rotary mirror array for fast scanning optical delay line.
abstract: We have developed a fast scanning optical delay line based on a rotary mirror array. A double-pass configuration is adopted to optimize the fiber-optical coupling and thus minimize the amplitude modulation in the reflected light. The achieved scanning range is extended to over 3 mm. An additional Michelson interferometer is incorporated into the reference arm to achieve high delay repeatability. Such a device is ideal for real-time optical coherence tomography, optical Doppler tomography, and spectroscopic optical coherence tomography.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Programme in Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore. liulinbo@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Linbo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Nan Guang
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007909:Lenses; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012399:Rotation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods