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Measurement of smoothed Wigner phase space distributions for coherence tomography

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Wax, A; Thomas, JE
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
January 1, 1999

We use heterodyne detection to characterize the Wigner phase space distribution W (x, p) of an optical field in position x and momentum p. This method yields smoothed Wigner phase space distributions directly as contour plots and can be applied with either coherent or low coherence light sources. The measured phase space distributions are used to characterize the light sources and to study light propagation in multiple scattering media. These techniques may find important applications in understanding and enhancing images obtained in coherence tomography.

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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0277-786X

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

3726

Start / End Page

494 / 501

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
 

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Wax, A., & Thomas, J. E. (1999). Measurement of smoothed Wigner phase space distributions for coherence tomography. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 3726, 494–501. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341431
Wax, A., and J. E. Thomas. “Measurement of smoothed Wigner phase space distributions for coherence tomography.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 3726 (January 1, 1999): 494–501. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341431.
Wax A, Thomas JE. Measurement of smoothed Wigner phase space distributions for coherence tomography. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1999 Jan 1;3726:494–501.
Wax, A., and J. E. Thomas. “Measurement of smoothed Wigner phase space distributions for coherence tomography.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 3726, Jan. 1999, pp. 494–501. Scopus, doi:10.1117/12.341431.
Wax A, Thomas JE. Measurement of smoothed Wigner phase space distributions for coherence tomography. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1999 Jan 1;3726:494–501.

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI

ISSN

0277-786X

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

3726

Start / End Page

494 / 501

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering