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Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography by broadband continuum generation from a photonic crystal fiber
Yimin Wang1, Yonghua Zhao, J S Nelson
1Beckman Laser Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612, USA.
Optics Letters
|March 27, 2003
Abstract:
We have developed an ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomographic system in which broadband continuum generation from a photonic crystal fiber is used to produce high longitudinal resolution. Longitudinal resolution of 1.3-microm has been achieved in a biological tissue by use of continuum light from 800 to 1400 nm. The system employed a dynamic-focusing tracking method to maintain high lateral resolution over a large imaging depth. Subcellular imaging is demonstrated.