Fiber-based polarization-sensitive Fourier domain optical coherence tomography using B-scan-oriented polarization modulation method

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 6502-6515

  Yamanari, Masahiro ^a   Makita, Shuichi ^a   Madjarova, Violeta Dimitrova ^a   Yatagai, Toyohiko ^a   Yasuno, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FOURIER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MODULATION; SPECTROMETERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BEAMSPLITTER; FOURIER DOMAIN; PHASE RETARDATION IMAGES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33745873723     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006502     Document Type: Article

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