Demonstration of complex-conjugate-resolved harmonic Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography imaging of biological samples.

نویسندگان

  • Andrei B Vakhtin
  • Kristen A Peterson
  • Daniel J Kane
چکیده

Complex-conjugate-resolved Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography, where the quadrature components of the interferogram are obtained by simultaneous acquisition of the first and second harmonics of the phase-modulated interferogram, is applied to multisurface test targets and biological samples. The method provides efficient suppression of the complex-conjugate, dc, and autocorrelation artifacts. A complex-conjugate rejection ratio as high as 70 dB is achieved.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Applied optics

دوره 46 18  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007