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Title:
周波数ドメイン干渉測定を利用して光学撮像を実行する方法および装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5795658
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An apparatus and method are provided. In particular, at least one first electro-magnetic radiation may be provided to a sample and at least one second electro-magnetic radiation can be provided to a non-reflective reference. A frequency of the first and/or second radiations varies over time. An interference is detected between at least one third radiation associated with the first radiation and at least one fourth radiation associated with the second radiation. Alternatively, the first electro-magnetic radiation and/or second electro-magnetic radiation have a spectrum which changes over time. The spectrum may contain multiple frequencies at a particular time. In addition, it is possible to detect the interference signal between the third radiation and the fourth radiation in a first polarization state. Further, it may be preferable to detect a further interference signal between the third and fourth radiations in a second polarization state which is different from the first polarization state. The first and/or second electro-magnetic radiations may have a spectrum whose mean frequency changes substantially continuously over time at a tuning speed that is greater than 100 Tera Hertz per millisecond.

Inventors:
Yoon, Suk Hyun
Brett Eugene, Bowma
Thani, Guillermo Jay.
Fitzgerald De Boer, Johannes
Application Number:
JP2014079364A
Publication Date:
October 14, 2015
Filing Date:
April 08, 2014
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Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation
International Classes:
G01N21/17; A61B5/00; G01N21/47; G02B27/48; G01J9/02
Domestic Patent References:
JP10332329A
JP2003199701A
JP2000503237A
Foreign References:
WO2003062802A1
Other References:
He Z , et.al.,Distributed Fiber-Optic Stress-Location Measurement by Arbitrary Shaping of Optical Coherence Function,JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY,2002年 9月,Vol.20, No.9,p.1715-1723
Hunziker G , et.al.,30-nm wavelength conversion at 10 Gbit/s by fourwavemixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier,OFC '98 Technical Digest,1998年,p.108-109
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Aoki
Jun Tsuruta
Tetsuro Shimada
Shimichi Akihisa