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

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

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuropean Conference on Biomedical Optics, ECBO 2011
PublisherOptical Society of America
ISBN (Print)9780819486837
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 May 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventEuropean Conference on Biomedical Optics - Munich, Germany
Duration: 22 May 201126 May 2011

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Conference on Biomedical Optics
Abbreviated titleECBO 2011
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period22/05/1126/05/11

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