Time-Resolved Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy up to 1700 nm by Means of a Time-Gated InGaAs/InP Single-Photon Avalanche Diode

We present a new compact system for time-domain diffuse optical spectroscopy of highly scattering media operating in the wavelength range from 1100 nm to 1700 nm. So far, this technique has been exploited mostly up to 1100 nm: we extended the spectral range by means of a pulsed supercontinuum light...

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Published in:Applied spectroscopy 2012-08, Vol.66 (8), p.944-950
Main Authors: Bargigia, Ilaria, Tosi, Alberto, Shehata, Andrea Bahgat, Della Frera, Adriano, Farina, Andrea, Bassi, Andrea, Taroni, Paola, Dalla Mora, Alberto, Zappa, Franco, Cubeddu, Rinaldo, Pifferi, Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Alloys
Animals
Arsenicals
Calibration
Carbon - chemistry
Carbon - radiation effects
Computer Simulation
Dietary Fats - radiation effects
Emulsions - chemistry
Emulsions - radiation effects
Fiber Optic Technology - instrumentation
Gallium
Indium
Infrared Rays
Lasers, Solid-State
Models, Theoretical
Monte Carlo Method
Phantoms, Imaging
Phosphines
Phospholipids - chemistry
Phospholipids - radiation effects
Photons
Scattering, Radiation
Semiconductors
Solutions
Soybean Oil - chemistry
Soybean Oil - radiation effects
Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - instrumentation
Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - methods
Swine
Time
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Summary:We present a new compact system for time-domain diffuse optical spectroscopy of highly scattering media operating in the wavelength range from 1100 nm to 1700 nm. So far, this technique has been exploited mostly up to 1100 nm: we extended the spectral range by means of a pulsed supercontinuum light source at a high repetition rate, a prism to spectrally disperse the radiation, and a time-gated InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode working up to 1700 nm. A time-correlated single-photon counting board was used as processing electronics. The system is characterized by linear behavior up to absorption values of about 3.4 cm−1 where the relative error is 17%. A first measurement performed on lipids is presented: the absorption spectrum shows three major peaks at 1200 nm, 1400 nm, and 1700 nm.
ISSN:0003-7028
1943-3530
DOI:10.1366/11-06461