Tsai, Meng-TsanMeng-TsanTsaiHsu, I-JenI-JenHsuLu, Chih-WeiChih-WeiLuWang, Yih-MingYih-MingWangSun, Chia-WeiChia-WeiSunCHIH-CHUNG YANGYEAN-WOEI KIANG2018-09-102018-09-102005-1203068919http://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/317526https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-31144444449&doi=10.1007%2fs11082-005-4192-7&partnerID=40&md5=499086a4a5fe7cb95dc435a42eeee2c8We demonstrate the theoretical and experimental results of using a single prism in the rapid-scanning optical delay line of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for compensating the mismatches of the first- and second-order group delay dispersion (GDD) between the reference and sample arms. The analytical expressions for the first- and second-order GDD are derived based on the typically designed system configuration. Numerical results in varying various parameters are shown. An optimized set of parameters for efficient dispersion compensation in a practical fiber-based OCT system is obtained. The numerical result of the dispersion compensation is demonstrated. Also, the experimental implementation of such a dispersion compensation method is illustrated with the conditions similar to the numerical calculations. The compensation result is quite satisfactory. © Springer 2006.application/pdfapplication/pdfBiophotonics; Dispersion compensation; Optical coherence tomograph; Rapid-scanning optical delay lineDispersion (waves); Electric delay lines; Optical systems; Parameter estimation; Biophotonics; Dispersion compensation; Optical coherence tomography; Rapid-scanning optical delay lines; Tomographyjournal article10.1007/s11082-005-4192-72-s2.0-31144444449WOS:000234808700007