Full-range Fourier domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography using sinusoidal phase modulation

Yan Chen; Xiangzhao Wang; Zhongliang Li; Nan Nan; Xin Guo

doi:10.1117/12.2068777

17 September 2014 Full-range Fourier domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography using sinusoidal phase modulation

Yan Chen, Xiangzhao Wang, Zhongliang Li, Nan Nan, Xin Guo

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Proceedings Volume 9230, Twelfth International Conference on Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine (PIBM 2014); 92301S (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2068777
Event: Twelfth International Conference on Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine (PIBM 2014), 2014, Wuhan, China

Abstract

We present a full-range Fourier domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography technique which is able to obtain images of retardance, fast optical axis and intensity of sample. In this technique, the sinusoidal phase modulation is introduced into the spectral interferograms while the probe beam scans over the sample (B-scan). Then the complex horizontal and vertical signals are reconstructed by demodulation. By the Fourier transformation of the two interferograms, the full range images are obtained. Herein, the typical linear phase modulation is modified to sinusoidal phase modulation, which improves the system tolerance of sample movements and avoids sensitivity fall-off along the transverse scan. Furthermore, the images are obtained through the recombination of the horizontal and vertical polarization beam components acquired by a single camera, which avoids the problems of synchronous control and alignments in the situation of two cameras.

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Yan Chen, Xiangzhao Wang, Zhongliang Li, Nan Nan, and Xin Guo "Full-range Fourier domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography using sinusoidal phase modulation", Proc. SPIE 9230, Twelfth International Conference on Photonics and Imaging in Biology and Medicine (PIBM 2014), 92301S (17 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2068777

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