title: Polarization-maintaining fiber based polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography in spectral domain.
abstract: We demonstrate a polarization-sensitive spectral-domain optical coherence tomography system based on polarization-maintaining fiber technology. Using a single-line-scan camera, the system produces reflectivity and retardance information along a depth profile with a single measurement. The relative axis orientation is available as well. System design and characterization and images of a biological tissue are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 312 Church Street Southeast, Minneapolis,Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Muhammad K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Al-Qaisi
authors.forename: Taner
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akkin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D057054:Molecular Imaging; D009262:Nails; D012867:Skin; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*