High-speed optical coherence tomography imaging with a tunable HCG-VCSEL light source at the 1060nm wavelength window

Ting-Yen Tsai; Ting-Hao Chen; Hung-Kai Chen; Chuan-Bor Chueh; Dalila Ellafi; Chris Chase; Hao-Chung Kuo; Meng-Tsan Tsai; Michael C. Y. Huang; Hsiang-Chieh Lee

doi:10.1117/12.2608803

2 March 2022 High-speed optical coherence tomography imaging with a tunable HCG-VCSEL light source at the 1060nm wavelength window

Ting-Yen Tsai, Ting-Hao Chen, Hung-Kai Chen, Chuan-Bor Chueh, Dalila Ellafi, Chris Chase, Hao-Chung Kuo, Meng-Tsan Tsai, Michael C. Y. Huang, Hsiang-Chieh Lee

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Proceedings Volume 12020, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XXVI; 120200F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2608803
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2022, San Francisco, California, United States

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We present a high-speed swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) imaging system using an electrically pumped, micro-electromechanical-system (MEMS) tunable HCG-VCSEL operating at the 1060 nm wavelength regime. Comparing to existing MEMS VCSEL light sources for SS-OCT, a movable high-contrast grating (HCG) is used as the top mirror of the laser cavity, replacing the conventional distributed Bragg reflector mirror design. By applying a reverse bias voltage, the HCG mirror actuates downward toward the VCSEL cavity, changing the effective cavity length and resulting in wavelength tuning responses. The developed SS-OCT system allows an A-scan rate of 250 kHz, a detection sensitivity of 98 dB, and an axial imaging resolution of 22 µm (full-width at half-maximum (FWHM), in air). The A-scan rate can be further improved to 500 kHz if both the backward (long to short wavelength) and forward laser sweep are used. In the experimental setup, a dual-channel acquisition scheme was utilized to provide calibration of the OCT signal with a separate calibration interferometer. Volumetric imaging of the human fingernail/nail fold junction in vivo shows the feasibility of providing high-speed imaging of the tissue architectures. The MEMS tunable HCG-VCSEL light source can provide high-speed OCT imaging with a more compact light source footprint and potentially a lower cost

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Ting-Yen Tsai, Ting-Hao Chen, Hung-Kai Chen, Chuan-Bor Chueh, Dalila Ellafi, Chris Chase, Hao-Chung Kuo, Meng-Tsan Tsai, Michael C. Y. Huang, and Hsiang-Chieh Lee "High-speed optical coherence tomography imaging with a tunable HCG-VCSEL light source at the 1060nm wavelength window", Proc. SPIE 12020, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XXVI, 120200F (2 March 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2608803

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