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Abstract
In Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography, an interference signal is generated that spans an RF bandwidth proportional to the product of three parameters: the imaging range, the imaging speed, and the inverse of the axial resolution. Circular-ranging optical coherence tomography (CR-OCT) architectures were introduced to ease long-range imaging by decoupling the imaging range from the signal RF bandwidth. As a consequence, present CR-OCT systems resolve the relative, but not the absolute, depth location of the scatterers. We introduce here a modified implementation of CR-OCT that uses a degenerate frequency comb source that allows recovery of absolute depth information while only minimally impacting the previously described RF bandwidth compression benefits of CR. We show that this degenerate frequency comb can be created by relatively simple modifications to existing frequency comb source designs, and we present absolute ranging capabilities through imaging studies and simulations.
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Norman Lippok and Benjamin J. Vakoc, "Resolving absolute depth in circular-ranging optical coherence tomography by using a degenerate frequency comb: publisher’s note," Opt. Lett. 45, 1079-1079 (2020)https://opg.optica.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-45-5-1079
23 January 2020: A typographical correction was made to Eq. (2). A minor change was made to Fig. 2.
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