Polarization-sensitive imaging using optical coherence tomography and a HCG-VCSEL laser

Chien Hua Peng, Yu Cheng Mei, Hung Kai Chen, Ting Yen Tsai, Ting Hao Chen, Chuan Bor Chueh, Dalila Ellafi, Chris Chase, Hao Chung Kuo, Michael C.Y. Huang, Hsiang Chieh Lee*

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Abstract

Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) is a non-destructive and three-dimensional imaging technique that can provide polarization properties, e.g., phase retardation and the optical axis, as well as architectural information similar to conventional OCT from the sample. In this study, we have developed a high-speed PS-OCT imaging engine by using a novel wavelength-swept laser light source based on a high-contrast grating vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (HCG-VCSEL). Example PS-OCT imaging including the human fingernail junction, 3D plastic printing material, and the chicken breast tissue demonstrated the depth-resolved measurement of the multifunctional information of the sample with PS-OCT and HCG-VCSEL light source at an A-scan rate of 250 kHz.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XXVII
EditorsChun Lei, Luke A. Graham
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510659834
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
EventVertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XXVII 2023 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 1 Feb 20232 Feb 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12439
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceVertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XXVII 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period1/02/232/02/23

Keywords

  • high-contrast grating
  • polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography
  • single input state
  • swept-source comparison
  • vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

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