Full-field birefringence imaging by thermal-light polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. II. Instrument and results

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3811-3818

  Moreau, Julien ^a   Loriette, Vincent ^a   Boccara, Albert Claude ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHASE SHIFTERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

THERMAL LIGHT;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0041308138     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003811     Document Type: Article

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