Simple and robust calibration procedure for passive and instantaneous quadrature demultiplexing in full-range optical coherence tomography

Xavier Attendu; Dirk J. Faber; Guy Lamouche; Caroline Boudoux; Maxime Rivard

doi:10.1117/12.2612382

7 March 2022 Simple and robust calibration procedure for passive and instantaneous quadrature demultiplexing in full-range optical coherence tomography

Xavier Attendu, Dirk J. Faber, Guy Lamouche, Caroline Boudoux, Maxime Rivard

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Proceedings Volume PC11948, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XXVI; PC119481K (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612382
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2022, San Francisco, California, United States

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In its standard implementation, OCT suffers from the well-known “mirror artifact” around the zero-delay plane. Full-range OCT enables imaging on both sides of zero-delay by measuring the interference signal’s in-phase and quadrature components. These signals can be accessed passively using polarization demultiplexing or optical hybrids. However, such optical systems present imperfections, including chromatic and RF variations in phase and amplitude, which result in residual mirror artifacts. In this work, we propose a calibration methodology that relies solely on simple mirror measurements to correct the imperfections of the demultiplexing system and achieve high extinction of the mirror artifacts.

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Xavier Attendu, Dirk J. Faber, Guy Lamouche, Caroline Boudoux, and Maxime Rivard "Simple and robust calibration procedure for passive and instantaneous quadrature demultiplexing in full-range optical coherence tomography", Proc. SPIE PC11948, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XXVI, PC119481K (7 March 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612382

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