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Systems and methods for airy beam optical coherence tomography

US11314096B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Curators of the University of Missouri · US

Inventors

Ping Yu · Castaic, US
Lixin Ma · 红钢城街道, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 20, 2019
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01B2290/70
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method for performing Optical Coherence Tomography on a sample utilizes collimated, phase modulated beams of light in an interferometer. At least one of the beams of light utilized exists as an Airy beam for at least a portion of the procedure, obviating any deleterious impact caused by the Gaussian beam diffraction. The system may incorporate a light source, polarization beam splitter, delay line, non-polarization beam splitters, lenses, phase masks, waveplates, and mirrors, any or all of which may be controlled by a computing element.

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