Evaluation of the magneto-optical effect in biological tissue models using optical coherence tomography

For the first time to our knowledge, an experimental evaluation of the Faraday effect–induced polarization rotation in a biological tissue phantom is reported. The rotation of the polarization plane produced in the optical beam propagating through an Intralipid solution was evaluated using polarizat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Pereda Cubián, David, Todorovic, Milos, Arce Diego, José Luis, Wang, Lihong V.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/1739
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/1739
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tomography
Polarization
Magneto-optics
Fiber optics
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Sumario:For the first time to our knowledge, an experimental evaluation of the Faraday effect–induced polarization rotation in a biological tissue phantom is reported. The rotation of the polarization plane produced in the optical beam propagating through an Intralipid solution was evaluated using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT), and the experimental results closely matched the theoretical values. The angle of rotation is proportional to the traversed path length along the magnetic field and can potentially be used to estimate the actual penetration depth.