ES2396391B2 - Dispositivo de retardo óptico variable para interferometría de baja coherencia. - Google Patents

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ES2396391B2
ES2396391B2 ES201131088A ES201131088A ES2396391B2 ES 2396391 B2 ES2396391 B2 ES 2396391B2 ES 201131088 A ES201131088 A ES 201131088A ES 201131088 A ES201131088 A ES 201131088A ES 2396391 B2 ES2396391 B2 ES 2396391B2
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Abstract

Dispositivo de retardo óptico variable para interferometría de baja coherencia, que se comunica mediante ondas electromagnéticas con un sistema de interferometría de baja coherencia, que comprende al menos un elemento de retardo variable (2) que comprende un segmento de guía de onda (1) que realiza una pluralidad de recorridos a lo largo de al menos una zona de índice de refracción controlable (3); y unos medios variadores (5) que varían el fasor de las ondas electromagnéticas, procedentes de la comunicación con el sistema de interferometría de baja coherencia y conducidas por la guía de onda (1) comprendida en cada elemento de retardo variable (2), de forma independiente para cada modo de polarización.

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ES201131088A ES2396391B2 (es) 2011-06-28 2011-06-28 Dispositivo de retardo óptico variable para interferometría de baja coherencia.
CA2840338A CA2840338C (en) 2011-06-28 2012-06-28 Integrated delay line for optical coherence tomography
BR112013033529-7A BR112013033529B1 (pt) 2011-06-28 2012-06-28 Sistema para a introdução de um grupo de atraso variável a um feixe de radiação, sistema de tomografia de coerência óptica e método
JP2014517716A JP6234368B2 (ja) 2011-06-28 2012-06-28 光コヒーレンス・トモグラフィーのための遅延線の統合
US14/129,367 US9366885B2 (en) 2011-06-28 2012-06-28 Integrated delay line for optical coherence tomography
AU2012277751A AU2012277751B2 (en) 2011-06-28 2012-06-28 Integrated delay line for optical coherence tomography
EP12735248.2A EP2725966B1 (en) 2011-06-28 2012-06-28 Integrated delay line for optical coherence tomography
PCT/EP2012/062624 WO2013001032A1 (en) 2011-06-28 2012-06-28 Integrated delay line for optical coherence tomography
CN201280040162.7A CN103917153B (zh) 2011-06-28 2012-06-28 用于光学相干断层扫描的集成延迟线

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