Parallel Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography for Non-Scattering Object Imaging

摘要

The parallel spectral-domain optical coherence tomography(PSDOCT) is described for highspeed optical coherence tomography(OCT) without lateral scanning. In this setup, the self-elimination of auto-correlation(AC) interference algorithm was used for eradicating the AC interference and ghost images. However, when performed in free space OCT, this algorithm still generated a weak DC component. The algorithm was improved by adding the background intensity part to compensate for the mutual interference between object and reference arms. The results demonstrate that the DC component can be eradicated. Compared with conventional OCT and complex Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography, the advantages of PSDOCT with the improved algorithm in free space are that it has no moving parts to generate consecutive phase shift, the structure of the object can be reconstructed immediately and automatically, and the speed is approximately 16 times faster than those of the other two in the same case.