Open AccessSpectroscopic polarization-sensitive full-field optical coherence tomography
Author(s) -
Arnaud Dubois
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.009962
Subject(s) - optical coherence tomography , optics , interferometry , interference microscopy , spatial frequency , image resolution , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , polarization (electrochemistry) , tomography , microscopy , materials science , medical imaging , optical tomography , physics , computer science , artificial intelligence , chemistry , quantum mechanics
Full-field optical coherence tomography (FF-OCT) is a recent optical imaging technology based on low-coherence interference microscopy for imaging of semi-transparent samples with ~1 µm spatial resolution. FF-OCT produces en-face tomographic images obtained by arithmetic combination of interferometric images acquired by an array camera. In this paper, we demonstrate a unique multimodal FF-OCT system, capable of measuring simultaneously the intensity, the power spectrum and the phase-retardation of light backscattered by the sample being imaged. Compared to conventional FF-OCT, this multimodal system provides enhanced imaging contrasts at the price of a moderate increase in experimental complexity and cost.