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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brett E. Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);
Joseph A. Gardecki, Acton, MA (US);
Linbo Liu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert R. Mcleod, Boulder, CO (US);
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brett E. Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);
Joseph A. Gardecki, Acton, MA (US);
Linbo Liu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert R. McLeod, Boulder, CO (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of apparatus, systems and methods can be provided for providing at least one electro-magnetic radiation to at least one sample. For example, a plurality of wave-guiding arrangements can be provided which are configured to (i) provide the electro-magnetic radiation(s), and (ii) at a point of emission of each of the wave guiding arrangements, cause a phase of each of the electro-magnetic radiation(s) to have a predetermined value. The exemplary apparatus can be part of a probe. Further the exemplary apparatus can include an interferometric arrangement provided in communication with the probe and/or be part of the probe.