Single-camera polarization-sensitive spectral-domain OCT by spatial frequency encoding
Optics Letters, Vol. 35, Issue 2, pp. 241-243 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.000241
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Abstract
We present a polarization-sensitive spectral-domain optical-coherence-tomography system that is capable of retrieving, with a single camera, both retardation and optical axis orientation. The method is based on a differentiation between orthogonal polarization channels through spatial modulation introduced by an electro-optic modulator. Proof-of-principle measurements using a wave plate as a sample are provided, and results of the method for in vivo imaging of the birefringent structures within the human nail fold are presented. Furthermore, we demonstrate the capability of such systems to perform ultra-high-speed polarization-sensitive imaging at
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OCIS Codes
(170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
(170.4500) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical coherence tomography
(230.5440) Optical devices : Polarization-selective devices
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
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Optical Devices
History
Original Manuscript: September 24, 2009
Revised Manuscript: November 26, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: November 27, 2009
Published: January 15, 2010
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Citation
Tilman Schmoll, Erich Götzinger, Michael Pircher, Christoph K. Hitzenberger, and Rainer A. Leitgeb, "Single-camera polarization-sensitive spectral-domain OCT by spatial frequency encoding," Opt. Lett. 35, 241-243 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-2-241
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