A high-speed optical delay generating method by a rotation reflector in
optical coherence tomography, capable of providing a sectional picture
with a sufficiently long depth-direction (Z direction) scanning distance,
and an optical coherence tomography device therefor are provided. The
device comprises a low-coherence light source (1), a half mirror (2) for
splitting light from the low-coherence light source (1) into two, that
is, into object light towards an object (A) to be examined and reference
light, a light delay mechanism (3) for delaying the reference light by
means of a rotation reflector (12), a fixed mirror (4) for
reflecting/returning the reference light from the light delay mechanism
(3), the half-mirror (2) for combining the object light returning from
the object (A) to be examined with the reference light returning from the
light delay mechanism, and a light detector (11) for detecting
interference light including a heterodyne interference beat signal
combined at the half mirror (2).