Cross-polarized backscatter in optical coherence tomography of biological tissue
Optics Letters, Vol. 23, Issue 13, pp. 1060-1062 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.23.001060
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Abstract
We have observed that cross-polarized backscatter measured by optical coherence tomography of human skin in vivo is surprisingly strong. We identify and give evidence of its main origins: single scattering from nonspherical particles and multiple scattering by particles with sizes much larger than a wavelength. Our findings show that depolarized light scattered by dense large-diameter particles maintains a high degree of temporal coherence and that differential-polarization imaging improves contrast between particles of different sizes.
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OCIS Codes
(030.1640) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherence
(170.0170) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical optics and biotechnology
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
Citation
J. M. Schmitt and S. H. Xiang, "Cross-polarized backscatter in optical coherence tomography of biological tissue," Opt. Lett. 23, 1060-1062 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-23-13-1060
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