Improvement of coherence length in a 200-kHz swept light source equipped with a KTN deflector

Shogo Yagi; Kazunori Naganuma; Tadayuki Imai; Yasuo Shibata; Jun Miyazu; Masahiro Ueno; Yuuichi Okabe; Yuzo Sasaki; Kazuo Fujiura; Masahiro Sasaura; Kazutoshi Kato; Masato Ohmi; Masamitsu Haruna

doi:10.1117/12.908210

30 January 2012 Improvement of coherence length in a 200-kHz swept light source equipped with a KTN deflector

Shogo Yagi, Kazunori Naganuma, Tadayuki Imai, Yasuo Shibata, Jun Miyazu, Masahiro Ueno, Yuuichi Okabe, Yuzo Sasaki, Kazuo Fujiura, Masahiro Sasaura, Kazutoshi Kato, Masato Ohmi, Masamitsu Haruna

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Proceedings Volume 8213, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XVI; 821333 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908210
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We are developing a new light source for swept-source OCT, namely, an external-cavity LD equipped with a KTN electro-optic deflector. Being free from mechanical resonance, our 1.3-μm laser exhibits scanning range of almost 100 nm up to 200-kHz under a ±300 V deflector driving voltage. Using a semi-empirically derived equation, we find that KTN's convex lens power degrades the coherence length, and this can be compensated with a cylindrical concave lens. Such compensation was experimentally confirmed by observing reduction of elliptical beam divergence. OCT images of a human fingernail are obtained using the swept source.

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Shogo Yagi, Kazunori Naganuma, Tadayuki Imai, Yasuo Shibata, Jun Miyazu, Masahiro Ueno, Yuuichi Okabe, Yuzo Sasaki, Kazuo Fujiura, Masahiro Sasaura, Kazutoshi Kato, Masato Ohmi, and Masamitsu Haruna "Improvement of coherence length in a 200-kHz swept light source equipped with a KTN deflector", Proc. SPIE 8213, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XVI, 821333 (30 January 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908210

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