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Simultaneous topography and tomography of latent fingerprints using full-field swept-source optical coherence tomography

Satish Kumar Dubey1, Dalip Singh Mehta1, Arun Anand2 and Chandra Shakher1

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We demonstrate simultaneous topography and tomography of latent fingerprints using full-field swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT). The swept-source OCT system comprises a superluminescent diode (SLD) as broad-band light source, an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) as frequency tuning device, and a compact, nearly common-path interferometer. Both the amplitude and the phase map of the interference fringe signal are reconstructed. Optical sectioning of the latent fingerprint sample is obtained by selective Fourier filtering and the topography is retrieved from the phase map. Interferometry, selective filtering, low coherence and hence better resolution are some of the advantages of the proposed system over the conventional fingerprint detection techniques. The present technique is non-invasive in nature and does not require any physical or chemical processing. Therefore, the quality of the sample does not alter and hence the same fingerprint can be used for other types of forensic test. Exploitation of low-coherence interferometry for fingerprint detection itself provides an edge over other existing techniques as fingerprints can even be lifted from low-reflecting surfaces. The proposed system is very economical and compact.


PACS

42.30.Wb Image reconstruction; tomography

42.72.-g Optical sources and standards

42.30.Rx Phase retrieval

07.60.Ly Interferometers

42.30.Sy Pattern recognition

42.30.Kq Fourier optics

Subjects

Instrumentation and measurement

Optics, quantum optics and lasers

Dates

Issue 1 (January 2008)

Received 19 October 2007, accepted for publication 7 December 2007

Published 9 January 2008



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