Apparatus and method for frequency domain optical coherence tomography

In an apparatus for frequency domain optical coherence tomography an optical frequency comb generator (113) is provided in a reference (220) or an object (240) light beam. The optical frequency comb generator transforms the spectrum of the light beam into a quasi-discrete spectrum. A spectral analys...

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Main Authors WOJTKOWSKI, MACIEJ, KOWALCZYK, ANDRZEJ, TARGOWSKI, PIOTR, SZKULMOWSKA, ANNA, BAJRASZEWSKI, TOMASZ
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 26.12.2007
Subjects
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
MEASURING ANGLES
MEASURING AREAS
MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
SURGERY
TESTING
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Summary:In an apparatus for frequency domain optical coherence tomography an optical frequency comb generator (113) is provided in a reference (220) or an object (240) light beam. The optical frequency comb generator transforms the spectrum of the light beam into a quasi-discrete spectrum. A spectral analyser (170) disperses the quasi-discrete spectrum on a multi-element detection device (174) such that each detection element (173) registers at most one of the quasi-discrete spectral components.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20060461010