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In low-coherence reflectometry, the light scattered back from a scattering medium is expected to carry information about the spectral properties of the medium as well as range information about the reflective boundaries and backscattering sites. We built and evaluated a white-light interferometry system that gives the range and spectral information about the medium using the white-light continuum. The white-light continuum gives an extremely bright and broad spectrum. Experimental results on multi-layered media are presented.
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WATANABE, W., Masuda, Y. & Itoh, K. Coherence Spectrotomography of Layered Medium with White-Light Continuum. OPT REV 6, 71–76 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-999-0071-y
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