Gradient-index fiber-optic microprobes for minimally invasive in vivo low-coherence interferometry

Optics Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1794-1796

  Reed, William A ^a   Yan, Man F ^a   Schnitzer, Mark J ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BRAIN; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

LOW-COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY (LCI);

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0037109477     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.27.001794     Document Type: Article

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