INVESTIGATION  OF  THE  OPTICAL  PROBE
WITH  PARTIAL  COHERENCE  ILLUMINATION

O. P. Bolshakov, I. R. Kotov, E. E. Majorov*, V. V. Khopov*

  Saint-Petersburg I.P. Pavlov State Medical University

*Saint-Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics (Technical University)


  The optical probe with partial coherence illumination for analysis of rough surfaces has been studied. A method to minimize the influence of speckle-modulation is proposed. The proposed method is used to develop a device with scanning reference mirror.