Patent ID: 9504374
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A61B,G02B,G02F,H01S

Claim Text:
1. An optical measurement system suitable for measuring at least one parameter of an object, the system comprising a supercontinuum light source and a detector for detecting light from said object, said supercontinuum light source having a light source output and comprising an intermediate supercontinuum light source and a coupling unit, wherein said intermediate supercontinuum light source comprises: wherein the output from the non-linear element is coupled to the coupling unit to provide an output from coupling unit, wherein the light source output comprises the output from the coupling unit, wherein said supercontinuum light source being arranged to illuminate the object to be measured with at least part of an output of said coupling unit, said detector being arranged to receive reflected light from said object to be measured, wherein said detector has an integration time of at least about 1/F