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Abstract...................................................3
中文摘要...................................................5
致謝.......................................................7
able of Contents..........................................8
List of figure............................................11
List of table.............................................16
Chapter 1 Introduction....................................17
1.1 Basic Optical Coherence Tomography....................18
1.1.1 OCT Based on Low Coherence Interferometry...........18
1.1.2 Introduction of OCT.................................19
1.2 Developments in OCT...................................20
1.2.1 Advance in Axial Resolution.........................20
1.2.2 Measurement in the Thickness and Refractive Index...21
1.2.3 Polarization-Sensitive OCT..........................22
1.2.4 Measured Mueller matrix characterization of biological tissue by OCT..................................24
1.3 Previous Expansion in Our Team........................25
1.4 Destination and Motivation of the Research............26
Chapter 2 Basic Theory....................................35
2.1 Low Coherence Interferometry..........................35
2.1.1 The Principle of LCI................................35
2.1.2 The Basic Theory of the LCI.........................36
2.1.3 Form of the Signal from the Photodetector...........39
2.2 Optical Coherence Tomography..........................42
2.2.1 Axial Resolution....................................42
2.2.2 Define the Thickness and Refractive Index of the Single Layer..............................................45
2.3 Dispersion............................................47
2.3.1 Dispersion Effect...................................47
2.3.2 Dispersion Compensation.............................48
2.4 Conventional Methods to Measure Anisotropic Materials.49
2.4.1 Birefringence Materials and Diattenuation Materials.49
2.4.1.1 The Optical Properties of Linear Birefringence....49
2.4.1.2 Phase Retardation.................................56
2.4.1.3 Diattenuation Materials...........................59
2.4.1.4 Circular Birefringence Materials..................60
2.4.2 Configuration of PS-OCT.............................64
2.4.3 Stokes Parameter Method and Jones matrix transform to Mueller matrix............................................67
Chapter 3 Methods to Measure Anisotropic Parameters.......70
3.1 Measurement of sample by Using Stokes Parameter Method....................................................70
3.1.1. The New Configuration of Stokes measurement PS-OCT.70
3.1.2 Stokes Parameter Method for Linear Birefringence Materials.................................................83
3.1.3 Stokes Parameter Method for combination of Linear and Circular Birefringence Materials..........................89
3.1.4 Stokes Parameter Method for combination of Circular Birefringence and Circular Diattenuation Materials........96
3.1.5 Stokes Parameter Method for combination of Linear Birefringence, Circular Birefringence and Circular Diattenuation............................................100
3.2 Measurement of sample by Using Mueller matrix........108
3.2.1 Mueller matrix Method..............................108
3.2.2 Determination of Linear Birefringence of Sample....111
3.2.3 Determination of Linear and Circular Birefringence of Sample...................................................112
3.2.4 Determination of Circular Birefringence and Circular Diattenuation of Sample..................................114
3.2.5 Determination of Linear Birefringence, Circular Birefringence and Circular Diattenuation of Sample.......115
Chapter 4 Experiments....................................119
4.1 Measurement System and Devices.......................119
4.2 Resolution Performance of the New System.............125
4.2.1 Axial Resolution...................................125
4.2.2 Dispersion Compensation............................125
4.3 Measurement for Linear Birefringence.................130
Chapter 5 Conclusions and Suggestions....................142
5.1 Conclusions and Discussions..........................142
5.2 Suggestions..........................................143
Bibliography.............................................146
Autobiography............................................153
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