Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Full-field birefringence imaging by thermal-light polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. II. Instrument and results

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We describe an instrument for measuring the magnitude of birefringence of tomographic images and the principal directions of axes that uses thermal-light polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. The instrument permits full-field measurements with an axial resolution of 1.5 μm and a transverse resolution limited by diffraction. We obtained a sensitivity of 84 dB, limited by shot noise, when we integrated the signal for 1 s. We verified the validity of the measurement by measuring the birefringence of a variable phase shifter. We present typical results obtained with optical samples.

© 2003 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Full-field birefringence imaging by thermal-light polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. I. Theory

Julien Moreau, Vincent Loriette, and Albert-Claude Boccara
Appl. Opt. 42(19) 3800-3810 (2003)

Full-field optical coherence tomography by achromatic phase shifting with a rotating polarizer

Yuuki Watanabe, Yasuhiro Hayasaka, Manabu Sato, and Naohiro Tanno
Appl. Opt. 44(8) 1387-1392 (2005)

Full-field optical coherence tomography with thermal light

Blandine Laude, Antonello De Martino, Bernard Drévillon, Laurence Benattar, and Laurent Schwartz
Appl. Opt. 41(31) 6637-6645 (2002)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (14)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (15)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved