Compensation for the Influence of Fluctuations in the Distance to the Object During Noncontact Probing in Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics - We propose and experimentally test a numerical method for correction of the influence of fluctuations in the distance to objects during noncontact probing in...     

Elimination of Artifacts Caused by the Nonidentity of Parallel Signal-Reception Channels in Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics - We study the causes of artifact appearance in the images obtained by the method of spectral domain optical coherence tomography with parallel reception of the...     

A decade of optical coherence tomography in Russia: From experiment to clinical practice

We give a retrospective review of studies performed by a joint team of researchers from the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy and related to practical implementation of optical coherence tomography and its use as a novel method for biomedical diagnostics.     

Determination of the parameters of rotational and translational diffusion of a resonant medium by nonlinear polarization spectroscopy

A complete theoretical interpretation of the experimental data on the transformation of the polarization state of a weak wave in a layer of resonant medium (methane) depending on the intensity of high-power counterpropagating wave is presented in terms of the vector theory of radiation-matter interaction. A method for the experimental determination of the coefficients of rotational and translational gas diffusion is developed based on the theoretical calculation of two types of dichroism and birefringence and the use of experimental data on the change in the probe wave polarization at saturation of the resonant transition by the intensity of a counterpropagating wave with two different (linear and circular) field polarizations. This method also takes into account low backscattering of the strong wave field from optical path inhomogeneities.     

Two-wavelength optical coherence tomography

We present the results of studies of the basic principles and describe the design of a low-coherence two-wavelength interferometer based on polarization-maintaining fiber. The interferometer was developed for optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of the internal structure of living biological tissue simultaneously at two wavelengths, 830 and 1300 nm. Images of several sites of living biological tissue are presented and analyzed.     

Optimization of Fizeau-based optical coherence tomography with a reference Michelson interferometer

The method of Fizeau-based optical coherence tomography with a reference Michelson interferometer has been optimized. The real-system noise and dynamic range have been estimated. The time parameters of the system are optimized according to the proposed noise model. A good correspondence between the numerical estimates and experimental data is shown.