Ultrahigh-Resolution Transversal Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography: Structural Analysis and Strain-Mapping

Entities Mentioned

• Medical University of Vienna
• Christoph K. Hitzenberger
• Michael Pircher
• David Stifter
• Upper Austrian Research GmbH
• Karin Wiesauer

1. Abstract Optical coherence tomography (OCT), originally developed and so far nearly exclusively used for biomedical applications (e.g., [1,2]), is a contact-free, non-destructive technique based on low-coherence interferometry to image structures within translucent and turbid materials. Commonly, cross-sectional reflectivity images with a depth-resolution determined by the coherence length of the near-infrared light source are obtained. When OCT is performed in a polarization sensitive way (PS-OCT), additional information about birefringence within a material is obtained by mapping the retardation between ordinary and extraordinary rays [3]. Because birefringence is induced when strain occurs, PS-OCT provides depth resolved information about the internal stress within ... (Read Full Article)

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