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Frontiers in Optics

Parameter Estimation in Quantum Optical Coherence Tomography

Julia Pavlovich, William Clem Karl, Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Alexander V. Sergienko, Malvin Carl Teich

Published Jan 1, 2005• 1 citation
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Abstract

Quantum optical coherence tomography (QOCT) has been used for axial imaging based on quantum interferometry. We demonstrate a technique for the estimation of sample parameters (positions of reflecting layers, refractive indices, dispersion coefficients) for closely spaced layered media, based on measurement of QOCT interferograms.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2005.jwa53

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