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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/JOSK.2010.14.1.049

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)
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Journal of the Optical Society of Korea / v.14, no.1, 2010 , pp. 49-54 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Biomedical optics; Broadband light sources; Optical coherence tomography; Fiber optics; Imaging;
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