TOWARDS A FIBER MICROSCANNER DEDICATED TO ENDOSCOPIC POLARIMETRIC IMAGING FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS
Colman BUCKLEY1, Marc FABERT1, Tigran MANSOURIAN1, Guillaume DUCOURTHIAL1, Frédéric LOURADOUR1, Damien KINET2, Dominique PAGNOUX1
1 Université de Limoges, CNRS, Institut Xlim, UMR 7252, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges cedex, France 2 Université de Mons, Service d’Electromagnétisme et Télécommunications, Boulevard Dolez, 31, 7000 Mons, Belgique
Abstract
We describe a fiber-based resonant microscanner, designed for the realisation of polarimetric images of biological tissues through an endoscope for medical diagnosis. The remote technique of polarimetric characterisation through an optical fiber that we implement requires the use of a Bragg grating photowritten at the output end of the fiber. The intrinsic birefringence of the grating is measured and its detrimental consequences on the measured values are discussed. Solutions able to overcome this problem are proposed, paving the way for the fabrication of the very first polarimetric endomicroscope.