We report a novel scheme to optimize the focusing condition for real-time, swept-source optical coherence microscopy. The axial and lateral behaviors of four-zone binary-phase spatial filters are presented numerically. A nearly constant axial intensity distribution along an extended depth of focus of and a lateral resolution of are experimentally verified. The A-line scan rate is up to , yielding a frame rate of and 640 lines per image.
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