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26 October 2007 Large area full-field optical coherence tomography using white light source
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Proceedings Volume 6796, Photonics North 2007; 67961F (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778741
Event: Photonics North 2007, 2007, Ottawa, Canada
Abstract
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an emerging technology for high-resolution cross-sectional imaging of 3D structures. Not only could OCT extract the internal features of an object, but it could acquire the 3D profile of an object as well. Hence it has huge potentials for industrial applications. Owing to non-scanning along the X-Y axis, full-field OCT could be the simplest and most economic imaging system, especially for applications where the speed is critical. For an OCT system, the performance and cost basically depends on the light source being used. The broader the source bandwidth, the finer of the depth resolution that could be reached; the more power of the source, the better signal-to-noise ratio and the deeper of penetration the system achieves. A typical SLD (Superluminescent Diode) light source has a bandwidth of 15 nm and 10 mW optical power at a price around $6,000. However, a Halogen bulb having 50W power and 200nm bandwidth only costs less than $10. The design and implementation of a large-area, full-field OCT system using Halogen white-light source is described in the paper. The experimental results obtained from 3D shaping and multiple-layer tomographies are also presented.
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Shoude Chang, Youxin Mao, Sherif Sherif, and Costel Flueraru "Large area full-field optical coherence tomography using white light source", Proc. SPIE 6796, Photonics North 2007, 67961F (26 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778741
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KEYWORDS
Optical coherence tomography

Light sources

Halogens

Tomography

Imaging systems

Lamps

3D image processing

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