Analog differential-phase detection in optical coherence reflectometer

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 12847-12858

  Huang, Huan Jang ^a   Hsieh, Tsung Yu ^a   Chou, Li Dek ^a   Kuo, Wen Chuan ^b   Chou, Chien ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL DETECTION;

AXIAL DISPLACEMENTS; DECODING METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE DETECTIONS; LOW-COHERENCE SOURCES; SURFACE PROFILE MEASUREMENTS; TRANSLATION SPEED;

REFLECTOMETERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 50049100667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012847     Document Type: Article

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