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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 18, Iss. 13 — Jun. 21, 2010
  • pp: 13964–13980

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Full-range polarization-sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography by simultaneous transversal and spectral modulation

Masahiro Yamanari, Shuichi Makita, Yiheng Lim, and Yoshiaki Yasuno  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 13, pp. 13964-13980 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.013964


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Abstract

Polarization-sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography (PS-SS-OCT) is used to measure three-dimensional phase-retardation images of birefringent biological tissue in vivo. PS-SS-OCT with continuous source polarization modulation is used to multiplex the incident states of polarization in the signal frequency of each A-scan. Although it offers the advantage of measurement speed that is as high as that of standard SS-OCT, its disadvantage is low axial measurement range. To overcome this drawback, we employed the B-M-mode scan (BM-scan) method, which removes complex conjugate ambiguity by applying phase modulation along the transversal scanning direction. Since polarization modulation and BM-scan are applied in different scanning directions, these methods can be combined to make the optimum use of both full range and polarization-sensitive imaging. Phase fluctuations that cause measurement failure were numerically canceled before demodulating the B-scan oriented modulation. After removing complex conjugate artifacts, the axial measurement range was 5.35 mm, and the signal-to-conjugate ratio was 40.5 dB. We demonstrated retinal imaging using the PS-SS-OCT system with a frequency-swept laser at a center wavelength of 1064 nm and an axial resolution of 11.4 µm in tissue. Full-range polarization-sensitive retinal images showed characteristic birefringence of fibrous tissues such as retinal nerve fiber, sclera, and lamina cribrosa.

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OCIS Codes
(110.4500) Imaging systems : Optical coherence tomography
(120.5410) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Polarimetry
(170.4470) Medical optics and biotechnology : Ophthalmology

ToC Category:
Medical Optics and Biotechnology

History
Original Manuscript: April 5, 2010
Revised Manuscript: June 11, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: June 11, 2010
Published: June 15, 2010

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Vol. 5, Iss. 11 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Masahiro Yamanari, Shuichi Makita, Yiheng Lim, and Yoshiaki Yasuno, "Full-range polarization-sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography by simultaneous transversal and spectral modulation," Opt. Express 18, 13964-13980 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-13-13964


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