Patents Examined by Gregory H. Toatley, Jr.
  • Cross-dispersed spectrometer in a spectral domain optical coherence tomography system
    Patent number: 7342659
    Abstract: A spectral-domain optical coherence tomography system using a cross-dispersed spectrometer is disclosed. The interfered optical signal is dispersed by a grating into several orders of diffraction, and these orders of diffraction are separated by an additional dispersive optical element. The spectral interferogram is recorded by a set of linear detector arrays, or by a two-dimensional detector array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen M. M. Horn, Keith E. O'Hara