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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
Rainer Nebosis, Munich, DE;
Rainer Scheunemann, Munich, DE;
Edgar-gerald Kopp, Merching, DE;
Agfa HealthCare N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system and to a corresponding method for optical coherence tomography having a light source () for producing light (), a first interferometer (), a second interferometer () and an optical fiber () by means of which light emitted by the first interferometer () is conveyed to the second interferometer (). For simpler and more efficient injection of the light emitted by the first interferometer () into the optical fiber () provision is made such that light is injected into the first interferometer () which has a first number of transversal modes, and the optical fiber () has at least one multi-mode fiber into which the light passing out of the first interferometer () is injected such that in the optical fiber () a second number of transversal modes is stimulated which is conveyed to the second interferometer (), the second number of transversal modes being substantially greater than the first number of transversal modes.