Design of an optical probe compatible for multimodal imaging

This study introduces a multimode compatible forward scanning optical probe which includes tunable iris and varifocal lens based on micro-electro-fluidics. Concept development and optical design is carried out for the optical probe. The result shows that it can be adaptively used as a multimodal imaging tool for both optical coherence tomography and microscopy. It also has been proved that an optical depth scanning with the designed probe can provide optical coherence tomography with high resolution without any mechanical movement of the optics.