Ultrahigh resolution all-reflective optical coherence tomography system with a compact fiber-based supercontinuum source.
We report the construction and characterization of an all-reflective optical coherence tomography (OCT) system using a newly developed compact fiber-based broadband supercontinuum source. The use of only reflective optical components has enabled us to avoid chromatic dispersion effects and to obtain ultrahigh resolution OCT images of biological samples. We achieved an axial resolution of 2 μm in air with 87 dB dynamic range at a center wavelength around 1300 nm.
University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences, Optical Sciences Meinel Building, 1630 E. University Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. kkieu@optics.arizona.edu
Khanh Quoc
KQ
Kieu
Justin
J
Klein
Anna
A
Evans
Jennifer Kehlet
JK
Barton
Nasser
N
Peyghambarian
D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D051379:Mice; D055100:Optical Fibers; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation*