System, apparatus and method for utilizing optical dispersion for fourier-domain optical coherence tomography
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a laser arrangement which is configured to provide a laser radiation, and including an optical cavity which comprises;
a dispersive optical first arrangement which is configured to receive and disperse at least one first electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one second electro-magnetic radiation,an active optical modulator second arrangement which is configured to receive and modulate the at least one second radiation so as to provide at least one third electro-magnetic radiation, anda dispersive optical third arrangement which is configured to receive and disperse at least one third electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one fourth electro-magnetic radiation,wherein the laser radiation is associated with at least one of the first, second, third or fourth radiations, and wherein at least one of the first arrangement or the third arrangement is a fiber Bragg grating (FBG).
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Abstract
An apparatus can be provided which can include a laser arrangement which can be configured to provide a laser radiation, and can include an optical cavity. The optical cavity can include a dispersive optical first arrangement which can be configured to receive and disperse at least one first electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one second electro-magnetic radiation. Such cavity can also include an active optical modulator second arrangement which can be configured to receive and modulate the at least one second radiation so as to provide at least one third electro-magnetic radiation. The optical cavity can further include a dispersive optical third arrangement which can be configured to receive and disperse at least one third electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one fourth electro-magnetic radiation. For example, actions by the first, second and third arrangements can cause a spectral filtering of the fourth electro-magnetic radiation(s) relative to the first electro-magnetic radiation(s). The laser radiation can be associated with the fourth radiation(s), and a wavelength of the laser radiation can be controlled by the spectral filtering caused by the actions by the first, second and third arrangements.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a laser arrangement which is configured to provide a laser radiation, and including an optical cavity which comprises; a dispersive optical first arrangement which is configured to receive and disperse at least one first electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one second electro-magnetic radiation, an active optical modulator second arrangement which is configured to receive and modulate the at least one second radiation so as to provide at least one third electro-magnetic radiation, and a dispersive optical third arrangement which is configured to receive and disperse at least one third electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one fourth electro-magnetic radiation, wherein the laser radiation is associated with at least one of the first, second, third or fourth radiations, and wherein at least one of the first arrangement or the third arrangement is a fiber Bragg grating (FBG). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing a laser radiation, comprising:
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with a dispersive optical first configuration, receiving and dispersing at least one first electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one second electro-magnetic radiation, receiving and modulating the at least one second radiation so as to provide at least one third electro-magnetic radiation, and with a dispersive optical second configuration, receiving and dispersing at least one third electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one fourth electromagnetic radiation, wherein the laser radiation is associated with at least one of the first, second, third or fourth radiations, and wherein at least one of the first configuration or the second configuration is a fiber Bragg grating (FBG).
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16. An apparatus for providing a laser radiation, comprising:
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(a) with a dispersive optical first configuration, receiving and dispersing at least one first electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one second electro-magnetic radiation, (b) receiving and modulating the at least one second radiation so as to provide at least one third electro-magnetic radiation, and (c) with a dispersive optical second configuration which is separate from the first configuration, receiving and dispersing at least one third electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one fourth electro-magnetic radiation, wherein actions of steps (a)-(c) cause a spectral filtering of the at least one fourth electromagnetic radiation relative to the at least one first electro-magnetic radiation, wherein the laser radiation is associated with at least one of the first, second, third or fourth radiation, and wherein a wavelength of the laser radiation is controlled by the spectral filtering caused by the actions of steps (a)-(c).
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