Dispersion-cancelled and dispersion-sensitive quantum optical coherence tomography

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1353-1362

  Nasr, Magued B ^a   Saleh, Bahaa E A ^a   Sergienko, Alexander V ^a   Teich, Malvin C ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; REFLECTION; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY CONTROL;

DISPERSION-SENSITIVE; ENTANGLE; INTERSTITIAL MEDIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 2942724547     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.001353     Document Type: Article

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