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Optical Coherence Tomography Based on a Continuous-wave Supercontinuum Seeded by Erbium-doped Fiber's Amplified Spontaneous Emission

  • Lee, Ju-Han (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Seoul) ;
  • Jung, Eun-Joo (Nano-Photonics Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Seok (Department of Cogno Mechatronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • Received : 2009.11.16
  • Accepted : 2010.02.18
  • Published : 2010.03.25
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Abstract

In this study, the use of a continuous-wave (CW) supercontinuum (SC) seeded by an erbium-doped fiber's amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) for optical-coherence tomography imaging is experimentally demonstrated. It was shown, by taking an in-depth image of a human tooth sample, that due to the smooth, flat spectrum and long-term stability of the proposed CW SC, it can be readily applied to the spectral-domain optical-coherence tomography system. The relative-intensity noise level and spectral bandwidth of the CW SC are also experimentally analyzed as a function of the ASE beam power.

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