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Coherent broadband light source for parallel optical coherence tomography

Coherent broadband light source for parallel optical coherence tomography
Coherent broadband light source for parallel optical coherence tomography
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a recent technique for biomedical imaging. Tomographic images with micrometer resolution can be generated using fiber interferometers with broadband light sources. The longitudinal resolution of such instruments is inversely proportional to the optical bandwidth of the light source. Femtosecond Ti:sapphire lasers have, therefore, been used as large-bandwidth, high-brightness light sources, and sub-cellular imaging with longitudinal resolution of ~1µm has been demonstrated in this way. Unfortunately, these systems are expensive and complex, limiting their widespread use.
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Rivier, S., Laversenne, L., Bourquin, S., Salathé, R.P., Pollnau, M., Grivas, Christos, Shepherd, David, Eason, R.W., Flury, I., Philipoussis, H.P. and Herzig, H.P. (2004) Coherent broadband light source for parallel optical coherence tomography. EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland. 29 Aug - 03 Sep 2004. 1 pp .

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Abstract

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a recent technique for biomedical imaging. Tomographic images with micrometer resolution can be generated using fiber interferometers with broadband light sources. The longitudinal resolution of such instruments is inversely proportional to the optical bandwidth of the light source. Femtosecond Ti:sapphire lasers have, therefore, been used as large-bandwidth, high-brightness light sources, and sub-cellular imaging with longitudinal resolution of ~1µm has been demonstrated in this way. Unfortunately, these systems are expensive and complex, limiting their widespread use.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 2004
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Venue - Dates: EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2004-08-29 - 2004-09-03

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Local EPrints ID: 41697
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/41697
PURE UUID: 914751a0-614d-4566-9857-51d84935bc53
ORCID for David Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184
ORCID for R.W. Eason: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-2204

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Date deposited: 13 Oct 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:39

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Author: S. Rivier
Author: L. Laversenne
Author: S. Bourquin
Author: R.P. Salathé
Author: M. Pollnau
Author: Christos Grivas
Author: David Shepherd ORCID iD
Author: R.W. Eason ORCID iD
Author: I. Flury
Author: H.P. Philipoussis
Author: H.P. Herzig

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