Sinusoidal B-M method based spectral domain optical coherence tomography for the elimination of complex-conjugate artifact

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 16820-16833

  Wang, Kai ^a   Ding, Zhihua ^a   Zeng, Yan ^a   Meng, Jie ^a   Chen, Minghui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; PROFILOMETRY; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPLEX CONJUGATES; LINEAR PHASE MODULATIONS; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; REJECTION RATIOS; SINUSOIDAL PHASE MODULATION; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIES; SYNCHRONOUS DEMODULATION;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 70349204322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016820     Document Type: Article

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