Optimal spectral reshaping for resolution improvement in optical coherence tomography

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 5909-5915

  Gong, Jianmin ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Kim, Young L ^a   Backman, Vadim ^a   Li, Xu ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

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EID: 85010158763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005909     Document Type: Article

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