Abstract
A novel, compact, user friendly fiber laser with a broad emission bandwidth (MenloSystems, , , ) was used to achieve unprecedented sub-2- axial resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) in nontransparent biological tissue in the 1300-nm wavelength region. Fresh human skin and arterial biopsies were imaged ex vivo with axial and lateral resolution and 95-dB sensitivity, demonstrating the great potential for clinical OCT applications of this stable, low-cost, and turn-on-key fiber laser.
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