Full-field optical coherence microscopy
- 15 February 1998
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 23 (4), 244-246
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.23.000244
Abstract
We present a new microscopy system for imaging in turbid media that is based on the spatial coherence gate principle and generates in parallel a complete two-dimensional head-on image without scanning. This system has been implemented in a commercial microscope and preserves the lateral resolution of the optics used. With a spatially incoherent source, speckle-free images with diffraction-limited resolution are recorded at successive depths with shot-noise-limited detection. The setup comprises a photoelastic modulator for path difference modulation and a two-dimensional CCD array and uses a multiplexed lock-in detection scheme.Keywords
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