title: Two-reference swept-source optical coherence tomography of high operation flexibility.
abstract: The significantly less stringent operation of a two-reference swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for suppressing the mirror image is demonstrated based on the spatially localized image processing method. With this method, the phase difference between the two reference signals is not limited to 90 degrees. Based on the current experimental operation, the mirror image can be effectively suppressed as long as the phase difference is larger than 20 degrees. In other words, the adjustment of the beam splitter orientation for controlling the phase difference becomes much more flexible. Also, based on a phantom experiment, the combination the spatially localized mirror image suppression method with the two-reference OCT operation leads to the implementation of full-range optical Doppler tomography.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, 1, Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ting-Ta
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Chiung-Ting
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chen-Chin
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Yi-Chou
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Yean-Woei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Kiang
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007909:Lenses; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation*