High-speed OCT light sources and systems

T Klein, R Huber - Biomedical optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Imaging speed is one of the most important parameters that define the performance of
optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems. During the last two decades, OCT speed has …

All-polarization-maintaining, efficiently wavelength-tunable, Er-doped mode-locked fiber laser with a compact reflective Lyot filter

M Dai, B Liu, T Shirahata, X Sun, SY Set… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Wavelength tunable mode-locked fiber lasers have highly potential applications in precision
spectroscopy, nonlinear microscopy and photonic sensing. Here, we present a compact and …

Multi-MHz MEMS-VCSEL swept-source optical coherence tomography for endoscopic structural and angiographic imaging with miniaturized brushless motor probes

J Zhang, T Nguyen, B Potsaid, V Jayaraman… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) enables volumetric imaging of
subsurface structure. However, applications requiring wide fields of view (FOV), rapid …

Four-wave-mixing-based optical parametric oscillator delivering energetic, tunable, chirped femtosecond pulses for non-linear biomedical applications

T Gottschall, T Meyer, M Schmitt, J Popp, J Limpert… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
A novel concept for an optical parametric oscillator based on four-wave mixing (FOPO) in an
optical fiber is presented. This setup has the ability of generating highly chirped signal and …

Fiber‐based light sources for biomedical applications of coherent anti‐Stokes Raman scattering microscopy

T Gottschall, T Meyer, M Baumgartl… - Laser & Photonics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
During the past decade coherent anti‐Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy has
evolved to one of the most powerful imaging techniques in the biomedical sciences …

Fast and wide tuning range wavelength-swept fiber laser based on dispersion tuning and its application to dynamic FBG sensing

Y Nakazaki, S Yamashita - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
We report a wavelength-swept fiber laser with high speed and wide tuning range, and its
application to fiber sensors. The laser is based on the dispersion tuning technique, which …

Photonic true time delay beamforming technique with ultra-fast beam scanning

L Zhang, M Li, N Shi, X Zhu, S Sun, J Tang, W Li… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
A photonic-based true time delay (TTD) phased array antenna (PAA) with ultra-fast angle
scan is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. A tunable TTD is realized using a …

A rapid, dispersion-based wavelength-stepped and wavelength-swept laser for optical coherence tomography

S Tozburun, M Siddiqui, BJ Vakoc - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Optical-domain subsampling enables Fourier-domain OCT imaging at high-speeds and
extended depth ranges while limiting the required acquisition bandwidth. To perform optical …