• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 3, 031701 (2018)
Yi Wang1, Liang Feng1, Lida Zhu2, Hongxian Zhou1, and Zhenhe Ma1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Control Engineering, Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
  • 2School of Electrical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201816.031701 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yi Wang, Liang Feng, Lida Zhu, Hongxian Zhou, Zhenhe Ma. Measurement of ocular axial length using full-range spectral-domain low-coherence interferometry[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(3): 031701 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We demonstrate a system for measuring the ocular axial length (AL) with high sensitivity and high speed using spectral-domain low-coherence interferometry (SD-LCI). To address the limit in measuring such a large range by using SD-LCI, we propose a full-range method to recognize the positive and negative depths. The reference arm length is changed synchronously with the shift of the focal point of the probing beam. The system provides a composite depth range that is sufficient to cover the whole eye. We demonstrate the performance of the presented system by measuring the ALs of five volunteers. This system can provide the A-scan ocular biometric assessment of the corneal thickness and AL in 0.1 s.
    I(k)=S(k)[IR+IP+2IRIPcos(4πndk)],(1)

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    AL=ΔREFODcornea+ODretina,(2)

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    Yi Wang, Liang Feng, Lida Zhu, Hongxian Zhou, Zhenhe Ma. Measurement of ocular axial length using full-range spectral-domain low-coherence interferometry[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(3): 031701
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