Self-phase-modulated Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser source for optical coherence tomography

被引：165

作者：

Bouma, BE

Tearney, GJ

Bilinsky, IP

Golubovic, B

Fujimoto, JG

机构：

[1] Dept. of Elec. Eng. and Comp. Sci., Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1996年 / 21卷 / 22期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.21.001839

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

An all-solid-state Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser operating at 1.28 mu m is demonstrated as a short-coherence-length, high-average-power source for optical coherence tomographic (OCT) imaging. We achieve ultrahigh resolution by spectrally broadening the laser pulses, using self-phase modulation in a dispersion-shifted single-mode fiber. OCT imaging with a resolution of 6 mu m and a dynamic range of 115 dB is achieved. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America

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页码：1839 / 1841

页数：3

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