2006 Volume 75 Issue 6 Pages 707-712
The resent development of Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) is summarized in this review. A comparison of time-domain optical coherence tomography (TD-OCT) and FD-OCT is given. The principles of 830-nm-band spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and 1.3um swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) are described. The sensitivity properties of TD-OCT and FD-OCT, and a comparison of SD-OCT and SS-OCT are discussed. A possible new OCT band of 1.04um is also discussed.