title: Optically buffered Jones-matrix-based multifunctional optical coherence tomography with polarization mode dispersion correction.
abstract: Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) degrades the performance of Jones-matrix-based polarization-sensitive multifunctional optical coherence tomography (JM-OCT). The problem is specially acute for optically buffered JM-OCT, because the long fiber in the optical buffering module induces a large amount of PMD. This paper aims at presenting a method to correct the effect of PMD in JM-OCT. We first mathematically model the PMD in JM-OCT and then derive a method to correct the PMD. This method is a combination of simple hardware modification and subsequent software correction. The hardware modification is introduction of two polarizers which transform the PMD into global complex modulation of Jones matrix. Subsequently, the software correction demodulates the global modulation. The method is validated with an experimentally obtained point spread function with a mirror sample, as well as by in vivo measurement of a human retina.
authors: Computational Optics Group, University of Tsukuba, Tennoudai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan ; Computational Optics and Ophthalmology Group, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors: Young-Joo
authors: YJ
authors: Hong
authors: Computational Optics Group, University of Tsukuba, Tennoudai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan ; Computational Optics and Ophthalmology Group, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors: Shuichi
authors: S
authors: Makita
authors: Computational Optics Group, University of Tsukuba, Tennoudai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan ; Tomey Corporation, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan ; Computational Optics and Ophthalmology Group, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Sugiyama
authors: Computational Optics Group, University of Tsukuba, Tennoudai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan ; Computational Optics and Ophthalmology Group, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors: Yoshiaki
authors: Y
authors: Yasuno
keywords: (110.4500) Optical coherence tomography; (110.5405) Polarimetric imaging; (120.5410) Polarimetry; (170.4460) Ophthalmic optics and devices; (170.4470) Ophthalmology; (170.4500) Optical coherence tomography
references: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010 Apr;51(4):2149-57
references: 19797228
references: Opt Express. 2013 Jan 14;21(1):1163-80
references: 23389009
references: Opt Express. 2012 Apr 23;20(9):10229-41
references: 22535114
references: Biomed Opt Express. 2014 Aug 01;5(9):2931-49
references: 25401008
references: Opt Express. 2005 Dec 26;13(26):10652-64
references: 19503280
references: Opt Lett. 1997 Jun 15;22(12):934-6
references: 18185711
references: Opt Express. 2003 Dec 15;11(25):3490-7
references: 19471483
references: Opt Lett. 2006 Oct 15;31(20):2975-7
references: 17001371
references: Opt Express. 2010 Sep 13;18(19):20029-48
references: 20940894
references: Biomed Opt Express. 2011 Jun 1;2(6):1539-52
references: 21698017
references: Opt Lett. 2014 Dec 15;39(24):6783-6
references: 25502996
references: Opt Express. 2013 Jul 15;21(14):16353-69
references: 23938487
references: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Jun;49(6):2661-7
references: 18515594
references: Science. 1991 Nov 22;254(5035):1178-81
references: 1957169
references: J Invest Dermatol. 2004 Sep;123(3):458-63
references: 15304083
references: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 May 01;54(5):3621-31
references: 23633664
references: Biomed Opt Express. 2012 Nov 1;3(11):2987-3000
references: 23162734
references: Opt Express. 2013 Aug 12;21(16):19412-36
references: 23938857
references: Opt Lett. 1997 Jan 1;22(1):64-6
references: 18183104
references: J Am Dent Assoc. 2000 Apr;131(4):511-4
references: 10770016
references: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Jul 22;55(8):5016-31
references: 25052993
references: Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2009 Jan;37(1):90-9
references: 19338607
references: Opt Express. 2007 May 14;15(10):6121-39
references: 19546917
references: Opt Express. 2003 Sep 22;11(19):2416-24
references: 19471352
references: Opt Express. 2003 Nov 17;11(23):3116-21
references: 19471434
references: J Biomed Opt. 2013 Feb;18(2):26008
references: 23377007
references: Biomed Opt Express. 2012 Dec 1;3(12):3054-66
references: 23243559
references: Opt Lett. 2002;27(20):1803-5
references: 18033369
references: Biomed Opt Express. 2013 Jun 24;4(7):1188-203
references: 23847742
references: Opt Express. 2011 Aug 29;19(18):16830-42
references: 21935044
references: Nat Med. 2013 Feb;19(2):238-40
references: 23314056
references: Opt Express. 2004 Nov 29;12(24):5940-51
references: 19488235
references: Opt Lett. 2004 Nov 1;29(21):2512-4
references: 15584278
references: Opt Express. 2006 Jul 10;14(14):6502-15
references: 19516828
references: Opt Express. 2012 Aug 27;20(18):20516-34
references: 23037099
references: Opt Express. 2008 Oct 13;16(21):16410-22
references: 18852747
references: Opt Express. 2010 Jan 18;18(2):854-76
references: 20173907
references: Opt Express. 2006 Aug 21;14(17):7821-40
references: 19529151
references: Biomed Opt Express. 2014 Jul 22;5(8):2736-58
references: 25136498
references: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Nov;1(6):752-61
references: 19356512
references: Opt Lett. 2012 Jun 1;37(11):1958-60
references: 22660086
references: Opt Express. 2008 Apr 14;16(8):5892-906
references: 18542701
references: Opt Express. 2001 Dec 17;9(13):780-90
references: 19424315
references: Opt Express. 2010 Nov 22;18(24):24395-404
references: 21164786
references: Biomed Opt Express. 2011 Aug 1;2(8):2175-88
references: 21833356