High-speed OCT light sources and systems

T Klein, R Huber - Biomedical optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Imaging speed is one of the most important parameters that define the performance of
optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems. During the last two decades, OCT speed has …

Optofluidic time-stretch imaging–an emerging tool for high-throughput imaging flow cytometry

AKS Lau, HC Shum, KKY Wong, KK Tsia - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Optical imaging is arguably the most effective tool to visualize living cells with high
spatiotemporal resolution and in a nearly noninvasive manner. Driven by this capability …

High-throughput imaging flow cytometry by optofluidic time-stretch microscopy

C Lei, H Kobayashi, Y Wu, M Li, A Isozaki… - Nature protocols, 2018 - nature.com
The ability to rapidly assay morphological and intracellular molecular variations within large
heterogeneous populations of cells is essential for understanding and exploiting cellular …

Optical time-stretch imaging: Principles and applications

C Lei, B Guo, Z Cheng, K Goda - Applied Physics Reviews, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Breathtaking innovations in optical imaging have opened new exciting avenues for science,
industry, and medicine over the last few decades. One of such innovations is optical time …

[HTML][HTML] High-contrast, fast chemical imaging by coherent Raman scattering using a self-synchronized two-colour fibre laser

C Kong, C Pilger, H Hachmeister, X Wei… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
Coherent Raman scattering (CRS) microscopy is widely recognized as a powerful tool for
tackling biomedical problems based on its chemically specific label-free contrast, high …

[HTML][HTML] 9.4 MHz A-line rate optical coherence tomography at 1300 nm using a wavelength-swept laser based on stretched-pulse active mode-locking

TS Kim, JY Joo, I Shin, P Shin, WJ Kang, BJ Vakoc… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
In optical coherence tomography (OCT), high-speed systems based at 1300 nm are among
the most broadly used. Here, we present 9.4 MHz A-line rate OCT system at 1300 nm. A …

Multi-MHz MEMS-VCSEL swept-source optical coherence tomography for endoscopic structural and angiographic imaging with miniaturized brushless motor probes

J Zhang, T Nguyen, B Potsaid, V Jayaraman… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) enables volumetric imaging of
subsurface structure. However, applications requiring wide fields of view (FOV), rapid …

High-performance multi-megahertz optical coherence tomography based on amplified optical time-stretch

J Xu, X Wei, L Yu, C Zhang, J Xu, KKY Wong… - Biomedical optics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
As the key prerequisite of high-speed volumetric structural and functional tissue imaging in
real-time, scaling the A-scan rate beyond MHz has been one of the major pursuits in the …

102-nm, 44.5-MHz inertial-free swept source by mode-locked fiber laser and time stretch technique for optical coherence tomography

J Kang, P Feng, X Wei, EY Lam, KK Tsia… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
A swept source with both high repetition-rate and broad bandwidth is indispensable to
enable optical coherence tomography (OCT) with high imaging rate and high axial …

Time-stretch-based multidimensional line-scan microscopy

J Huang, Y Cao, J Wang, A Liu, Q Wu, Z Chang… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Time-stretch tomography imaging with ultrahigh frame rate is a breathtaking optical imaging
method for acquiring large data sets for detection and classification of rare events. However …