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Title: Optical fiber head for providing lateral viewing

Abstract

The head of an optical fiber comprising the sensing probe of an optical heterodyne sensing device includes a planar surface that intersects the perpendicular to axial centerline of the fiber at a polishing angle .theta.. The planar surface is coated with a reflective material so that light traveling axially through the fiber is reflected transverse to the fiber's axial centerline, and is emitted laterally through the side of the fiber. Alternatively, the planar surface can be left uncoated. The polishing angle .theta. must be no greater than 39.degree. or must be at least 51.degree.. The emitted light is reflected from adjacent biological tissue, collected by the head, and then processed to provide real-time images of the tissue. The method for forming the planar surface includes shearing the end of the optical fiber and applying the reflective material before removing the buffer that circumscribes the cladding and the core.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [3]
  1. Livermore, CA
  2. Tracy, CA
  3. Danville, CA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
874812
Patent Number(s):
6466713
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
optical; fiber; head; providing; lateral; viewing; comprising; sensing; probe; heterodyne; device; planar; surface; intersects; perpendicular; axial; centerline; polishing; angle; theta; coated; reflective; material; light; traveling; axially; reflected; transverse; fibers; emitted; laterally; alternatively; left; uncoated; 39degree; 51degree; adjacent; biological; tissue; collected; processed; provide; real-time; images; method; forming; shearing; applying; removing; buffer; circumscribes; cladding; core; optical fiber; biological tissue; optical heterodyne; /385/

Citation Formats

Everett, Matthew J, Colston, Billy W, James, Dale L, Brown, Steve, and Da Silva, Luiz. Optical fiber head for providing lateral viewing. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Everett, Matthew J, Colston, Billy W, James, Dale L, Brown, Steve, & Da Silva, Luiz. Optical fiber head for providing lateral viewing. United States.
Everett, Matthew J, Colston, Billy W, James, Dale L, Brown, Steve, and Da Silva, Luiz. Tue . "Optical fiber head for providing lateral viewing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874812.
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abstractNote = {The head of an optical fiber comprising the sensing probe of an optical heterodyne sensing device includes a planar surface that intersects the perpendicular to axial centerline of the fiber at a polishing angle .theta.. The planar surface is coated with a reflective material so that light traveling axially through the fiber is reflected transverse to the fiber's axial centerline, and is emitted laterally through the side of the fiber. Alternatively, the planar surface can be left uncoated. The polishing angle .theta. must be no greater than 39.degree. or must be at least 51.degree.. The emitted light is reflected from adjacent biological tissue, collected by the head, and then processed to provide real-time images of the tissue. The method for forming the planar surface includes shearing the end of the optical fiber and applying the reflective material before removing the buffer that circumscribes the cladding and the core.},
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Works referenced in this record:

Imaging needle for optical coherence tomography
journal, January 2000