Microfabricated endoscopic probe integrated MEMS micromirror for optical coherence tomography bioimaging

In this paper, we present a miniaturized endoscopic probe, consisted of MEMS micromirror, silicon optical bench (SiOB), grade index (GRIN) lens, single mode optical fiber (SMF) and transparent housing, for optical coherence tomography (OCT) bioimaging. Due to the use of the MEMS micromirror, the endoscopic OCT system is highly suitable for non-invasive imaging diagnosis of a wide variety of inner organs. The probe engineering and proof of concept were demonstrated by obtaining the two-dimensional OCT images with a cover slide and an onion used as standard samples and the axial resolution was around 10µm.

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