A system for performing dual path, two-dimensional Optical Coherence Tomography on an object having a plurality of layers, and lying in a specific plane in order to measure a physical characteristic of the object, said system comprising: an extended broadband light source for producing an incident light beam, a dual beam interferometer that comprises first a beam splitter and that is configured to intercept the incident light beam and direct the incident light beam via the first beam splitter such that the first beam splitter splits the incident beam into a first component beam and a second component beam and creates an optical path difference between the first component beam and a reflection of the second component beam, a focusing lens having a focal plane and that is configured to focus the first component beam and the reflection of the second component beam to form a fringe pattern on the focal plane of the focusing lens, a camera, and characterised in that the system further comprises: a configurable imaging system comprising a second beam splitter that directs the light from the fringe pattern and images the fringe pattern using a first imaging lens on to said specific plane in which the object lies, and transmits the light reflected therefrom through a second imaging lens on to the camera, such that the light reflected from each point of the object comprises interference of reflections from all the layers of the object at that point, such that one of the plurality of layers of the object serves as a reference layer thus avoiding the need for a reference beam, so as to allow two-dimensional measurement of the object without spatial scanning. an extended broadband light source for producing an incident light beam, a dual beam interferometer that comprises first a beam splitter and that is configured to intercept the incident light beam and direct the incident light beam via the first beam splitter such that the first beam splitter splits the incident beam into a first component beam and a second component beam and creates an optical path difference between the first component beam and a reflection of the second component beam, a focusing lens having a focal plane and that is configured to focus the first component beam and the reflection of the second component beam to form a fringe pattern on the focal plane of the focusing lens, a camera, and characterised in that the system further comprises: a configurable imaging system comprising a second beam splitter that directs the light from the fringe pattern and images the fringe pattern using a first imaging lens on to said specific plane in which the object lies, and transmits the light reflected therefrom through a second imaging lens on to the camera, such that the light reflected from each point of the object comprises interference of reflections from all the layers of the object at that point, such that one of the plurality of layers of the object serves as a reference layer thus avoiding the need for a reference beam, so as to allow two-dimensional measurement of the object without spatial scanning. a configurable imaging system comprising a second beam splitter that directs the light from the fringe pattern and images the fringe pattern using a first imaging lens on to said specific plane in which the object lies, and transmits the light reflected therefrom through a second imaging lens on to the camera, such that the light reflected from each point of the object comprises interference of reflections from all the layers of the object at that point, such that one of the plurality of layers of the object serves as a reference layer thus avoiding the need for a reference beam, so as to allow two-dimensional measurement of the object without spatial scanning.