Fiber-based polarization-sensitive Mueller-matrix optical coherence tomography with continuous source polarization modulation

Shuliang Jiao; Tseng-Ming Hsieh; Jun Ai; Milos Todorovic; George Stoica; Lihong V. Wang

doi:10.1117/12.531022

1 July 2004 Fiber-based polarization-sensitive Mueller-matrix optical coherence tomography with continuous source polarization modulation

Shuliang Jiao, Tseng-Ming Hsieh, Jun Ai, Milos Todorovic, George Stoica, Lihong V. Wang

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Proceedings Volume 5316, Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine VIII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.531022
Event: Biomedical Optics 2004, 2004, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A novel fiber-based Mueller-matrix optical coherence tomography system is demonstrated for acquiring polarization images of biological tissues in vivo. The system features a single broadband source, a rapid scanning optical delay line, and an electro-optical polarization modulator that modulates the polarization states of the source light continuously. A frame of a 200 by 1515 pixel 2D image can be acquired in half a second. The Jones matrix of a sample is calculated from two frequency components--the A-scan carrier frequency component and the beat frequency component between the modulation frequency and the carrier frequency. For samples having negligible diattenuation, the Jones matrix can be calculated from a single measurement of either the horizontal or the vertical interference signal. The system was first validated by imaging standard polarization elements and then applied to imaging biological samples.

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Shuliang Jiao, Tseng-Ming Hsieh, Jun Ai, Milos Todorovic, George Stoica, and Lihong V. Wang "Fiber-based polarization-sensitive Mueller-matrix optical coherence tomography with continuous source polarization modulation", Proc. SPIE 5316, Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine VIII, (1 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.531022

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