Abstract

A novel wavelength swept broadband source based on an ultrashort pulse laser and an external tunable filter was proposed for application of frequency domain-optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT). The laser beam coupled into the single mode fiber, which provided 0.5-nm instantaneous spectral linewidth with 1-mW average output power, was tuned from 740 nm to 850 at a 1 kHz repetition rate. The system with an axial resolution of 5 &mgr;m performed OCT imaging of air-gap between glass plates proving potential about the application of pulse laser source to FD-OCT system. The proposed swept source scheme could be applied for the implementation of ultra-high resolution FD-OCT system based on a supercontinuum source with an ultra-short pulse laser and a high nonlinear optical fiber.

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