Unbalanced versus balanced operation in an optical coherence tomography system

被引：79

作者：

Podoleanu, AG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Kent, Sch Phys Sci, Appl Opt Grp, Canterbury CT2 7NR, Kent, England

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 2000年 / 39卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1364/AO.39.000173

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The choice of a balanced optical coherence tomography (OCT) configuration versus an unbalanced OCT configuration with optimized reference-arm attenuation is discussed. The choice depends on the receiver noise, the fiber-end reflection R, and the power to the object. When OCT is used to investigate biological tissue an equivalent R' can be evaluated as the compound reflected light from tissue. In this case an additional parameter has to be considered: the confocal optical sectioning interval of the OCT system. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 170.4500, 170.1790, 230.5160, 070.6020, 060.2370, 030.4280.

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页码：173 / 182

页数：10

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