Nitkowski A., Preston K., Sherwood-Droz N., Schmidt B., Hajian A.
Tornado Spectral Systems, US
Keywords: optical coherence tomography, planar lightwave circuit, spectrometer, waveguide
Tornado Spectral Systems has developed a new spectrometer called OCTANE, the Optical Coherence Tomography Advanced Nanophotonic Engine, consisting of chip-based spectrometers for spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) systems. These devices include planar lightwave circuits with integrated waveguides fabricated on a planar silicon substrate. Our commercial prototypes include a NIR system centered at 860 nm, a bandpass of 70 nm, and 2048 output channels that can record TE and TM polarizations independently at an 80 kHz line scan rate. Intended to support low-cost, high-volume applications, these spectrometers are well-suited to SD-OCT for both biological and industrial non-destructive testing applications.
Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: 2, Nanotechnology 2014: MEMS, Fluidics, Bio Systems, Medical, Computational & Photonics
Published: June 15, 2014
Pages: 435 - 438
Industry sector: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
Topic: Photonic Materials & Devices
ISBN: 978-1-4822-5827-1