Polarization-sensitive quantum optical coherence tomography: Experiment

    Authors

    M. C. Booth; B. E. A. Saleh;M. C. Teich

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Commun.

    Keywords

    DISPERSION-CANCELLATION; NONLOCAL CANCELLATION; HETERODYNE DETECTION; REFLECTOMETRY; RESOLUTION; LIGHT; ENTANGLEMENT; EMISSION; PHOTONS; Optics

    Abstract

    Polarization-sensitive quantum optical coherence tomography (PS-QOCT) makes use of a Type-II twin-photon light source for carrying out optical sectioning with polarization sensitivity. A BBO nonlinear optical crystal pumped by a Ti:sapphire psec-pulsed laser is used to confirm the theoretical underpinnings of this imaging paradigm. PS-QOCT offers even-order dispersion cancellation with simultaneous access to the group-velocity dispersion characteristics of the interstitial medium between the reflecting surfaces of the sample. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Optics Communications

    Volume

    284

    Issue/Number

    10-11

    Publication Date

    1-1-2011

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2542

    Last Page

    2549

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000289128600024

    ISSN

    0030-4018

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