Intrasweep phase-sensitive optical coherence tomography for noncontact optical photoacoustic imaging

Cedric Blatter, Branislav Grajciar, Pu Zou, Wolfgang Wieser, Aart Jan Verhoef, Robert Huber, Rainer A. Leitgeb*

*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

We introduce a method to extract the photoacoustic (PA) signal from the phase time evolution of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) swept source spectral sweep. This all-optical detection is achieved in a noncontact fashion directly on the sample surface by using its specular reflection. High-speed measurement and referencing allow for close to shot noise limited phase-sensitive detection. It offers a simple way to perform OCT and PA imaging by sharing the same system components.

Original languageEnglish
JournalOptics Letters
Volume37
Issue number21
Pages (from-to)4368-4370
Number of pages3
ISSN0146-9592
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.11.2012

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