Abstract
A double-beam polarization-sensitive system based on optical coherence tomography was built to measure the Mueller matrix of scattering biological tissue with high spatial resolution. The Jones matrix of a sample can be determined with a single scan and subsequently converted into an equivalent nondepolarizing Mueller matrix. As a result, the system can be used to measure the Mueller matrix of an unstable sample, such as soft tissue. The polarization parameters of a porcine tendon, including magnitude and orientation of birefringence and diattenuation, were extracted by decomposition of the measured Mueller matrix.
© 2002 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Miloš Todorović, Shuliang Jiao, Lihong V. Wang, and George Stoica
Opt. Lett. 29(20) 2402-2404 (2004)
Gang Yao and Lihong V. Wang
Opt. Lett. 24(8) 537-539 (1999)
B. Hyle Park, Mark C. Pierce, Barry Cense, and Johannes F. de Boer
Opt. Lett. 29(21) 2512-2514 (2004)