Optical delay line using rotating rhombic prisms

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6429, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lamouche, G ^a   Dufour, M ^a   Gauthier, B ^a   Bartulovic, V ^b   Hewko, M ^a   Monchalin, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Novacam Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomedical imaging; Delay line; Low coherence interferometry; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRISMS; TISSUE;

DUTY CYCLE; LOW-COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL DELAY LINE; OPTICAL PATH LENGTH;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34248579507     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.701047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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