Compact oct spectrometer suitable for mobile environment

Abstract

A compact handheld optical coherence tomography (OCT) spectrometer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a spectrometer optical module; a sensor board coupled to one side of the spectrometer optical module and including a sensor that converts light received from the spectrometer optical module into an electrical signal; and a connector configured to supply, to the sensor board, a control signal and a power signal received from another circuit outside the spectrometer and to transmit a signal received from the sensor board to another external circuit, and the sensor board is packaged with the spectrometer optical module, and the sensor is not indented but is formed to protrude from the surface of the sensor board, and a light receiving portion of the sensor is configured to face the inside of the packaged component and collect light from the spectrometer optical module.

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