• Frontiers of Optoelectronics
  • Vol. 8, Issue 2, 163 (2015)
Zhihua DING*, Yi SHEN, Wen BAO, and Peng LI
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Lab of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Department of Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s12200-015-0463-5 Cite this Article
    Zhihua DING, Yi SHEN, Wen BAO, Peng LI. Fourier domain optical coherence tomography with ultralong depth range[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2015, 8(2): 163 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The depth ranges of typical implementations of Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT), including spectral domain OCT (SDOCT) and swept source OCT (SSOCT), are limited to several millimeters. To extend the depth range of current OCT systems, two novel systems with ultralong depth range were developed in this study. One is the orthogonal dispersive SDOCT (OD-SDOCT), and the other is the recirculated swept source (R-SS) interferometer/OCT. No compromise between depth range and depth resolution is required in both systems. The developed OD-SDOCT system realized the longest depth range (over 100 mm) ever achieved by SDOCT, which is ready to be modified for depth-encoded parallel imaging on multiple sites. The developed R-SS interferometer achieved submicron precision within a depth range of 30 mm, holding potential in real-time contact-free on-axis metrology of complex optical systems.
    Zhihua DING, Yi SHEN, Wen BAO, Peng LI. Fourier domain optical coherence tomography with ultralong depth range[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2015, 8(2): 163
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