Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 38, Issue 8, 0811004(2018)

Speckle Noise Reduction in Fourier Domain Polarization-Sensitive Coherence Tomography by Split-Spectrum

Yan Chen1,2、*, Zhongliang Li1,2, Nan Nan1, Yang Bu1,2, Xuan Wang1,2, Liuhua Pan1,2, and Xiangzhao Wang1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Laboratory of Information Optics and Opto-Electronic Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Yan Chen, Zhongliang Li, Nan Nan, Yang Bu, Xuan Wang, Liuhua Pan, Xiangzhao Wang. Speckle Noise Reduction in Fourier Domain Polarization-Sensitive Coherence Tomography by Split-Spectrum[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2018, 38(8): 0811004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Jan. 25, 2018

    Accepted: Apr. 9, 2018

    Published Online: Sep. 6, 2018

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    DOI:10.3788/AOS201838.0811004

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