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Phase stabilization of Fourier-domain Mode-lock Laser

Description

Optical buffering in Fourier-domain mode-lock (FDML) can cause minior phase variation among A-scans coming from different buffer. To address this, I developed a numerical calibration to minimize the phase and amplitude difference among buffer.

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Buffer equalization

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Results

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Reference

Miao Y, Siadati M, Song J, Ma D, Jian Y, Beg MF, Sarunic MV, Ju MJ. Phase-corrected buffer averaging for enhanced OCT angiography using FDML laser. Opt Lett. 2021 Aug 15;46(16):3833-3836. doi: 10.1364/OL.430915.