本研究提出一種建立在繆勒矩陣與史托克參數的分析技術，成功解出混濁介質的線性雙折射、線性雙向衰減、旋性雙折射、旋性雙向衰減、線性去偏極以及旋性去偏極等性質的九個參數。相較於以往的分析模型，藉由完全分離的方式將九個參數完全解出，值得注意的是在近年來的相關研究當中並沒有足以顯示生物材料特徵的九個參數。本研究提出的方法可藉由解出不同線性/旋性雙折射以及線性/旋性雙向衰減的光學材料的等效參數，並假設輸出的史托克參數誤差範圍為±0.005來分析其誤差與解析解。
結果確認提出的方法對於所有的光學參數能產生全域量測。提出的量測方法利用測試不同的樣本證明其正確性，實驗結果也說明含有D葡萄糖及去離子水和僅有D葡萄糖的2種聚苯乙烯微球體的CB性質受樣本與偵測器之間距離的影響。分離分析模型的方式產生許多重要的優點，包括改善精確度以及能解出僅有線性雙折射、線性雙向衰減、旋性雙折射、旋性雙向衰減或去偏極性質光學材料的參數而不需要藉由補償技術或預處理。此外，在分離的過程產生許多解的問題在目前團隊之前提出的模型已經被避免，就作者認為，完全分離混和介質的9個參數的方法可能是最廣泛的演算法。
用光纖探針量測光學非等向材料的性質時，需要用偏振控制器去補償光纖本身的雙折射與雙衰減性質，而偏振控制器的光學元件設定是在冗長的實驗過程中反覆試驗而決定的，在本研究中，提出一個計算控制器設定的方法使其達到自由空間，由這個分析方法可以獲得光纖的等效參數，再利用基因演算法獲得偏振控制器的最佳化設定，文中說明提出的方法能夠用普通的偏振控制器達到自由空間的狀態，藉由量測四分之一波片的線性雙折射性質與起偏器的線性雙衰減性質來說明此方法的實際應用。

A decoupled analytical technique based on the Mueller matrix method and the Stokes parameters is proposed for extracting nine effective parameters in linear birefringence (LB), linear dichroism (LD), circular birefrinegence (CB), and circular dichroism (CD), linear depolarization (L-Dep), and circular depolarization (C-Dep) properties of turbid media. In contrast to existing analytical models, the nine effective parameters are extracted in a totally decoupled manner. It is noted that the recent related studies did not show enough nine parameters of characteristics of bio-sample. The error and resolution analysis of the proposed approach is demonstrated by extracting the effective parameters of optical samples with varying degrees of linear / circular birefringence, linear / circular dichroism, and linear / circular depolarization given an assumption of errors ranging from ±0.005 in the values of the output Stokes parameters.
The results confirm the ability of the proposed method to yield full-range measurements of all the effective optical parameters. The validity of the proposed measurement method in testing different samples is proved. Also, the experimental results have showed that the CB property of two types polystyrene microspheres with containing D-glucose and de-ionized water with containing D-glucose is affected by the distance between the samples and detector. The decoupled nature of the analytical model yields several important advantages, including an improved accuracy and the ability to extract the parameters of optical samples with only linear birefringence, circular birefringence, linear dichroism, circular dichroism or depolarization property without using compensation technique or pretreatment. Moreover, by decoupling the extraction process, the “multiple solutions” problem inherent in previous models presented by the current group is avoided. As authors’ knowledge, this methodology could be the most comprehensive algorithm in extracting all nine effective parameters in decoupling in turbid media.
When using an optical fiber probe to measure the properties of anisotropic optical materials, some form of polarization controller is required to compensate for the inherent birefringence and diattenuation properties of the fiber. The experimental settings of the optical components within the polarization controller are generally determined on a trial-and-error basis; resulting in a lengthy experimentation process. Accordingly, in the present study, a method is proposed for calculating in advance the precise controller settings required to guarantee the formation of a free-space condition. In the proposed approach, the effective optical parameters of the optical fiber are determined using this analytical method, and the optimal settings of the polarization controller are then determined using a genetic algorithm. It is shown that the proposed approach enables a free-space condition to be achieved for the common polarization controller. The practical applicability of the proposed approach is demonstrated by remotely and absolutely measuring the linear birefringence and linear diattenuation properties of a quarter-wave plate and a polarizer, respectively.

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