High-speed ultrahigh-resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography using high-power supercontinuum at 0.8 µm wavelength

Abstract

We demonstrated high-speed ultrahigh-resolution (UHR) optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the 800 nm wavelength region. A high-power coherent supercontinuum (SC) and a high-speed line scan camera were used to construct a spectral domain OCT. The axial resolution was 3.1 µm in air and 2.3 µm in tissue. The dependence of sensitivity on the SC power and A-scan rate was examined. For the A-scan rate of 70 kHz, the sensitivity of 104 dB was achieved for the SC power higher than 60 mW. High-speed in vivo UHR-OCT imaging was demonstrated for zebrafish embryo and swimming medaka.