APPARATUS, METHODS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING POLARIZATION-BASED QUADRATURE DEMODULATION IN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY

摘要

Apparatus, method and storage medium which can provide at least one first electro-magnetic radiation to a sample and at least one second electro-magnetic radiation to a reference, such that the first and/or second electro-magnetic radiations have a spectrum which changes over time. In addition, a first polarization component of at least one third radiation associated with the first radiation can be combined with a second polarization component of at least one fourth radiation associated with the second radiation with one another. The first and second polarizations may be specifically controlled to be at least approximately orthogonal to one another.