Abstract

We built a polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomographic system and measured the two-dimensional depth-resolved full $4\times 4$ Mueller matrix of biological tissue for what is believed to be the first time. The Mueller matrix measurements, which we made by varying the polarization states of the light source and the detector, yielded a complete characterization of the polarization property of the tissue sample. The initial experimental results indicated that this new approach reveals some tissue structures that are not perceptible in standard optical coherence tomography.

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