TY - GEN
T1 - Coherent Backscattering Spectroscopy
T2 - Biomedical Topical Meeting, BIOMED 2004
AU - Kim, Young
AU - Liu, Yang
AU - Turzhitsky, Vladimir
AU - Backman, Vadim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 Optical Society of America
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Coherent backscattering (CBS) is a photon weak-localization phenomenon that gives rise to an enhanced backscattering of light by random media. This effect has been previously investigated using coherent light sources. Here we show that CBS can be observed using broadband low-coherence light. We demonstrate for the first time that low-coherence detection substantially simplifies CBS measurements in biological tissue and enables depth-resolved spectroscopic analysis of CBS. CBS spectroscopy may find important applications in probing random media such as biological tissues where depth-selective measurements are crucial.
AB - Coherent backscattering (CBS) is a photon weak-localization phenomenon that gives rise to an enhanced backscattering of light by random media. This effect has been previously investigated using coherent light sources. Here we show that CBS can be observed using broadband low-coherence light. We demonstrate for the first time that low-coherence detection substantially simplifies CBS measurements in biological tissue and enables depth-resolved spectroscopic analysis of CBS. CBS spectroscopy may find important applications in probing random media such as biological tissues where depth-selective measurements are crucial.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85134574284
T3 - Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
BT - Biomedical Topical Meeting, BIOMED 2004
PB - Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
Y2 - 14 April 2004 through 17 April 2004
ER -