Evaluation of a cheap ultrasonic stage for light source coherence function measurement, optical coherence tomography and dynamic focusing

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Krstajić, Nikola ^a   Matcher, Stephen J ^a   Childs, David ^a   Steenbergen, Wiendelt ^a,b   Hogg, Richard ^a   Smallwood, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coherence function; Dynamic focusing; Optical coherence tomography; Optical delay line; Ultrasonic stage

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FOCUSING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; LIGHT SOURCES; TOMOGRAPHY;

COHERENCE FUNCTION; COHERENCE LENGTHS; DYNAMIC FOCUSING; LOW-COHERENCE SOURCES; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODE; ULTRASONIC STAGE; VELOCITY PROFILES;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350647692     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/10/107002     Document Type: Article

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