Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 45, Issue 6, 0607005(2018)
A Spectral Calibration Method in Optical Coherence Tomography Based on the Interference Signal with a Fixed Optical Path Difference
A spectral calibration method for optical coherence tomography (OCT) is proposed. The method is implemented by introducing an interference signal with a fixed optical path difference (OPD) in the Fourier domain OCT system. The sample interference signal and the fixed OPD signal are acquired simultaneously. Then the fixed OPD signal is obtained from the mixed signals through a filter step, and its phases are calculated to calibrate the interference signal of the sample in the system. We theoretically analyze the feasibility of the proposed method. In a 100 kHz swept source OCT system, the spectral calibration experiments with a mirror as the sample are performed at different depth positions. The point spread functions and the axial resolutions are obtained. Compared with the results using the light source clock, the proposed method has a better effectiveness.
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Xuan Wang, Zhongliang Li, Nan Nan, Yang Bu, Aijun Zeng, Yan Chen, Liuhua Pan, Yu Lu, Xiangzhao Wang. A Spectral Calibration Method in Optical Coherence Tomography Based on the Interference Signal with a Fixed Optical Path Difference[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2018, 45(6): 0607005
Category: biomedical photonics and laser medicine
Received: Jan. 9, 2018
Accepted: --
Published Online: Jul. 5, 2018
The Author Email: Wang Xiangzhao (wxz26267@siom.ac.cn)