A method to calibrate phase fluctuation in polarization-sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography

Zenghai Lu; Deepa K. Kasaragod; Stephen J. Matcher

doi:10.1117/12.889613

1 June 2011 A method to calibrate phase fluctuation in polarization-sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography

Zenghai Lu, Deepa K. Kasaragod, Stephen J. Matcher

Proceedings Volume 8091, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Techniques V; 80910D (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.889613
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2011, Munich, Germany

Abstract

A phase fluctuation calibration method is presented for polarization-sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography (PS-SS-OCT) using continuous polarization modulation. The method consists of the generation of a continuous triggered tone-burst waveform rather than an asynchronous waveform by use of a function generator and the removal of the global phases of the measured Jones matrices by use of matrix normalization. This could remove the use of auxiliary optical components for the phase fluctuation compensation in the system, which reduces the system complexity. Phase fluctuation calibration is necessary to obtain the reference Jones matrix by averaging the measured Jones matrices at sample surfaces. Measurements on an equine tendon sample were made by the PS-SS-OCT system to validate the proposed method.

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Zenghai Lu, Deepa K. Kasaragod, and Stephen J. Matcher "A method to calibrate phase fluctuation in polarization-sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography", Proc. SPIE 8091, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Techniques V, 80910D (1 June 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.889613

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