Optical filters for narrow-band imaging on medical devices

Abstract

This paper presents optical filters for narrow-band imaging on medical devices. Two optical filters were designed to provide an extremely narrow passband around the 415 nm (blue) and 540 nm (green) wavelengths using the Fabry-Perot phenomenon. Each filter is composed by successive thin-film layers of dielectric materials of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and silicon dioxide (SiO2). The TiO2 and SiO2 that compose the thin-films were fully characterized by ellipsometry applied within the 250–1700 nm wavelength range. The optical performance of the blue NBI optical filter (415 nm) was also measured. These filters were developed to integrate with light emitting diodes (LED) to provide the desired narrow-band imaging (NBI) bands on medical devices.