Multiaxial beam combiner for optical coherence tomography

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-79

  Nannini, Matthieu ^a   Nerin, Philippe ^a   Benech, Pierre ^a   Schanen Duport, Isabelle ^a  

^a IMEP LAHC   (France)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Optical coherence tomography; Young s holes

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; ION EXCHANGE; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BEAM PROPAGATION SIMULATION; FRINGES; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; MULTIAXIAL BEAM COMBINER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DELAY LINE; WHITE LIGHT; YOUNG HOLE;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0037252070     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1526843     Document Type: Article

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