Abstract
A Powell lens is used in a line-field spectral domain OCT (PL-LF-SD-OCT) system to generate a line-shaped imaging beam with almost uniform distribution of the optical power in the line direction. This design overcomes the severe sensitivity loss (∼10 dB) observed along the line length direction (B-scan) in LF-OCT systems based on cylindrical lens line generators. The PL-LF-SD-OCT system offers almost isotropic spatial resolution (Δx and Δy ∼2 µm, Δz ∼1.8 µm) in free space and sensitivity of ∼87 dB for 2.5 mW imaging power at 2,000 fps imaging rate with only ∼1.6 dB sensitivity loss along the line length. Images acquired with the PL-LF-SD-OCT system allow for visualization of the cellular and sub-cellular structure of biological tissues.
Funder
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Subject
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Biotechnology
Cited by
3 articles.
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