Determination of the depth-resolved Stokes parameters of light backscattered from turbid media by use of polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography
Determination of the depth-resolved Stokes parameters of light backscattered from turbid media by use of polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography
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DOI：
10.1364/ol.24.000300
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发表时间：
1999-03-01
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影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Nelson, JS
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作者：
de Boer, JF;Milner, TE;Nelson, JS
利用偏振敏感光学相干层析技术（PS-OCT）对混浊介质后向散射光的偏振态进行了全面的表征。利用低相干光源，可以确定混浊介质中后向散射光的斯托克斯参数随光程的变化。为了证明该技术的应用，我们确定了纤维组织（啮齿动物肌肉）和体内啮齿动物皮肤中的双折射和光轴。PS-OCT通过同时成像混浊生物材料的结构特性及其对后向散射光偏振态的影响，在生物医学光学中具有潜在的有用应用。该方法还可以应用于材料科学中，用于研究偏振特性（例如，双折射）。(C)1999年美国光学学会。
Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) was used to characterize completely the polarization state of light backscattered from turbid media. Using a low-coherence light source, one can determine the Stokes parameters of backscattered light as a function of optical path in turbid media. To demonstrate the application of this technique we determined the birefringence and the optical axis in fibrous tissue (rodent muscle) and in vivo rodent skin. PS-OCT has potentially useful applications in biomedical optics by imaging simultaneously the structural properties of turbid biological materials and their effects on the polarization state of backscattered light. This method may also find applications in material science for investigation of polarization properties (e.g., birefringence) in opaque media such as ceramics and crystals. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.