Simultaneous 6-channel optical coherence tomography using a high-power telescope-less polygon-based swept laser in dual amplifier configuration
Multichannel optical coherence tomography (MOCT) imaging is demonstrated using a high-power wavelength-swept laser source. The main benefit of MOCT is faster image acquisition rates without a corresponding increase in the laser tuning speed. The wavelength-swept laser was constructed using a compact telescope-less polygon-based filter in Littman arrangement. High output power, necessary for MOCT, was achieved by incorporating two serial semiconductor optical amplifiers in a ring laser cavity in Fourier domain mode-locked configuration. The laser has a measured wavelength tuning range of 111 nm centered at 1329 nm, coherence length of 5.5 mm, and total average output power of 131 ...
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