Methods and apparatus for swept-source optical coherence tomography

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14535489

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In one embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) in a laser ring is chosen to provide low polarization-dependent gain (PDG) and a booster semiconductor optical amplifier, outside of the ring, is chosen to provide high polarization-dependent gain. The use of a semiconductor optical amplifier with low polarization-dependent gain nearly eliminates variations in the polarization state of the light at the output of the laser, but does not eliminate the intra-sweep variations in the polarization state at the output of the laser, which can degrade the performance of the SS-OCT system.

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LIGHTLAB IMAGING INCFOUR ROBBINS ROAD WESTFORD MA 01886

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Schmitt, Joseph M Andover, US 91 7124

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