Mirau-type full-field optical coherence tomography

Dynamic-focusing optical coherence tomography (OCT) can provide ~1-μm isotropic resolution in extended depth of field, and Mirau design is preferred because of lower weight. In previous works, we reported a Mirau-type OCT based on high-radiance spatially-incoherent source. However, the illumination intensity is limited by the etendue. Besides, coherent artifacts increases with the partially coherent illumination scheme. In this report, we introduce a method to narrow illumination linewidth to 5 μm and reduce coherence area to 1 μm2. With spatially incoherent illumination, optimized throughput and low-weight design, low-speckle B-scan can be acquired within 0.25 second.

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