Optics: measuring and testing – By light interference – Using fiber or waveguide interferometer
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-17
2011-05-17
Connolly, Patrick J (Department: 2877)
Optics: measuring and testing
By light interference
Using fiber or waveguide interferometer
C356S497000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07944566
ABSTRACT:
A single fiber full-field optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging probe (300) includes a hollow tube (301), and a single fiber (305) disposed within the tube for transmitting light received from a broadband light source to a beam splitter (350) in the tube optically coupled to the single fiber (305). The beam splitter (350) splits the light into a first and a second optical beam, wherein the first beam is optically coupled to a reference arm including a MEMS reference micromirror (335) which provides axial scanning and the second beam is optically coupled to a sample arm for probing a sample to be imaged. Both the reference arm and the sample ami are disposed in the tube. A photodetector array (315) is preferably disposed inside the tube (301) optically coupled to the beam splitter (350). The photodetector array (315) receives a reflected beam from the MEMS reference micromirror (335) and a scattered beam from the sample to form an image of the sample.
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Connolly Patrick J
Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley LLP
University of Florida Research Foundation Inc.
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