Spectral domain optical coherence tomography imaging with an integrated optics spectrometer Nguyen, V.D.; Akca, B.I.; Wörhoff, K.; de Ridder, R.M.; Pollnau, M.; van Leeuwen, T.G.; Kalkman, J.
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