Characterizing the coherence of broadband sources using optical phase space contours

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 482-489

  Wax, A ^a   Bali, S ^a   Alphonse, G A ^a,b   Thomas, J E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFRONTS;

OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033340856     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429961     Document Type: Article

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