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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2006
Applicants:

Benjamin J. Vakoc, Cambridge, MA (US);

Seok-hyun Yun, Cambridge, MA (US);

Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);

Brett Eugene Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin J. Vakoc, Cambridge, MA (US);

Seok-Hyun Yun, Cambridge, MA (US);

Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);

Brett Eugene Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/21 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 3/45 (2006.01); G01J 9/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02044 (2013.01); G01B 9/02004 (2013.01); G01B 9/02072 (2013.04); G01B 9/02081 (2013.01); G01B 9/02091 (2013.01); G01N 21/21 (2013.01); G01N 21/4795 (2013.01); A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); G01B 2290/45 (2013.01); G01B 2290/70 (2013.01); G01J 3/45 (2013.01); G01J 2009/0265 (2013.01); G01N 21/274 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus, method and storage medium which can provide at least one first electro-magnetic radiation to a sample and at least one second electromagnetic radiation to a reference, such that the first and/or second electromagnetic radiations have a spectrum which changes over time. In addition, a first polarization component of at least one third radiation associated with the first radiation can be combined with a second polarization component of at least one fourth radiation associated with the second radiation with one another. The first and second polarizations may be specifically controlled to be at least approximately orthogonal to one another.


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