Supercontinuum sources in optical coherence tomography: A state of the art and the application to scan-free time domain correlation techniques and depth dependant dispersion compensation

Supercontinuum generation and the development of light sources based on these effects are discussed. We especially emphasize on the use of such sources for optical coherence tomography imaging after a brief overview of OCT systems. Finally we demonstrate the use of a commercial supercontinuum in the frame of ‘scan-free’ time domain correlation and optically processed depth dependant dispersion Compensation.

► Supercontinuum.
► Optical coherence tomography.
► ‘Scan-free’ time correlator.
► Diffraction grating.
► Optical dispersion compensation.