Low-coherence interferometry and optical coherence tomography for image-guided surgical treatment of solid tumors

SA Boppart, FT Nguyen, AM Zysk - US Patent 8,983,580, 2015 - Google Patents
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Device and method for imaging the ear using optical coherence tomography

SA Boppart, C Xi - US Patent 8,115,934, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of forming an image of tissue. The method includes non-
invasively inserting a fiber-based device into a patients ear canal and acquiring OCT data …

Q-switched oscillator seed-source for MOPA laser illuminator method and apparatus

MP Savage-Leuchs, CE Dilley, CA Lemaire - US Patent 8,934,509, 2015 - Google Patents
An apparatus, method and system that uses a Q-switched laser or a Q-seed source for a
seed pulse signal having a controlled high-dynamic-range amplitude that avoids and/or …

Q-switched oscillator seed-source for MOPA laser illuminator apparatus and method

MP Savage-Leuchs, CE Dilley, CA Lemaire - US Patent 9,923,329, 2018 - Google Patents
An apparatus, method and system that uses a Q-switched laser or a Q-seed source for a
seed pulse signal having a controlled high-dynamic-range amplitude that avoids and/or …

Modular, high energy, widely-tunable ultrafast fiber source

ME Fermann, A Galvanauskas, DJ Harter - US Patent 7,167,300, 2007 - Google Patents
A modular, compact and widely tunable laser system for the efficient generation of high peak
and high average power ultrashort pulses. Modularity is ensured by the implementation of …

Pulsed light sources

DJ Richardson, LJA Nilsson, L Lefort, JHV Price… - US Patent …, 2005 - Google Patents
A source of pulses of coherent radiation at a wavelength of approximately 1 μm, comprises a
pump source for producing pump light, a laser cavity comprising an Yb 3+-doped gain …

Pulsed laser sources

ME Fermann, DJ Harter - US Patent 7,190,705, 2007 - Google Patents
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Tunable light source for use in photoacoustic spectrometers

SE Bisson, TJ Kulp, KM Armstrong - US Patent 6,975,402, 2005 - Google Patents
S. coarse eter that is field portable and capable of Speciating complex organic molecules in
the gas phase. The Spectrometer has a tunable light source that has the ability to resolve the …

Natural gas leak mapper

TA Reichardt, AK Luong, TJ Kulp, S Devdas - US Patent 7,375,814, 2008 - Google Patents
(52) US Cl........................................ 356,437; 250/330 A system is described that is suitable for
use in determining (58) Field of Classification Search................ 356/437; the location of leaks …

Multi-functional plasmon-resonant contrast agents for optical coherence tomography

SA Boppart, A Wei - US Patent 7,610,074, 2009 - Google Patents
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