Analysis and calibration of linear birefringence orientation parameter derived from Mueller matrix for multi-layered tissues (Conference Presentation)

Mueller matrix decomposition for extraction of individual polarization parameters from complex turbid media exhibiting multiple scattering, optical activity, and linear birefringence

Journal of Biomedical Optics ◽

10.1117/1.2960934 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 044036 ◽

Cited By ~ 122

Author(s):

Nirmalya Ghosh ◽

Michael F. G. Wood ◽

I. Alex Vitkin

Keyword(s):

Multiple Scattering ◽

Optical Activity ◽

Matrix Decomposition ◽

Mueller Matrix ◽

Turbid Media ◽

Linear Birefringence

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Linear Birefringent Films of Cellulose Nanocrystals Produced by Dip-Coating

Nanomaterials ◽

10.3390/nano9010045 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 45 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Arturo Mendoza-Galván ◽

Tania Tejeda-Galán ◽

Amos Domínguez-Gómez ◽

Reina Mauricio-Sánchez ◽

Kenneth Järrendahl ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cellulose Nanocrystals ◽

Polarized Light ◽

Normal Incidence ◽

Dip Coating ◽

Mueller Matrix ◽

Linear Birefringence ◽

Transparent Films ◽

Sample Rotation ◽

Glass Substrates ◽

Linearly Polarized

Transparent films of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) are prepared by dip-coating on glass substrates from aqueous suspensions of hydrolyzed filter paper. Dragging forces acting during films’ deposition promote a preferential alignment of the rod-shaped CNC. Films that are 2.8 and 6.0 µm in thickness show retardance effects, as evidenced by placing them between a linearly polarized light source and a linear polarizer sheet in the extinction configuration. Transmission Mueller matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements at normal incidence as a function of sample rotation were used to characterize polarization properties. A differential decomposition of the Mueller matrix reveals linear birefringence as the unique polarization parameter. These results show a promising way for obtaining CNC birefringent films by a simple and controllable method.

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Tuning the optical isotropic point of mixed crystals of ethylenediammonium sulfate/selenate

Journal of Applied Crystallography ◽

10.1107/s1600576719015863 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 53 (1) ◽

pp. 51-57

Author(s):

Melissa Tan ◽

Alexander T. Martin ◽

Alexander G. Shtukenberg ◽

Bart Kahr

Keyword(s):

Solid Solution ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Mueller Matrix ◽

Mixed Crystals ◽

Refractive Indices ◽

Linear Birefringence ◽

Solid Solution Series ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

X Ray ◽

Isotropic Point

In anisotropic crystals, optical isotropic points are wavelengths where linear birefringence disappears because the refractive indices for both eigenmodes are accidentally equivalent. Here, the optical isotropic point of ethylenediammonium selenate (EDSe) is tuned by generating a solid-solution series of EDSe doped with sulfate. Mueller matrix polarimetry and single-crystal X-ray diffraction are used to correlate changes in linear birefringence with the crystal composition of EDS x Se1−x . A scheme for using mixed crystals with isotropic points as tunable birefringent optical bandpass filters is proposed and their performance is modeled.

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On the Jones birefringence

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A - Mathematical and Physical Sciences ◽

10.1098/rspa.1983.0123 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 390 (1798) ◽

pp. 73-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 56

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Fields ◽

Physical System ◽

Matrix Method ◽

Physical Property ◽

Mueller Matrix ◽

Linear Birefringence ◽

Light Path ◽

Quantitative Theory ◽

Electric And Magnetic Fields ◽

The Subject

The possibility that a physical system may possess simultaneously two independent linear birefringences is a consequence of the Jones calculus formulated in 1948. Before this only one linear birefringence was known. The new one is characterized by a pair of orthogonal fast and slow axes that bisect those of the traditional linear birefringence. Apparently overlooked since it was initially postulated, the Jones birefringence is the subject of the present investigation. Pictorial symmetry arguments and a Mueller matrix method are used to identify systems in which both linear birefringences may exist. They are found to occur naturally in certain magnetic and non-magnetic crystals, for which the relevant uniaxial classes are listed. In addition, it is shown that the Jones birefringence may be induced in a fluid by the application of uniform electric and magnetic fields E and B , parallel to each other and transverse to the light path, the dependence being linear in EB . A quantitative theory relates both birefringences to physical property tensors and confirms the symmetry predictions. From the theory an assessment is made of the magnitude of the effect in a crystal and a gas, and although very much smaller than known linear birefringences, it should be capable of measurement.

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Analysis and calibration of linear birefringence orientation parameters derived from Mueller matrix for multi-layered tissues

Optics and Lasers in Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.optlaseng.2021.106690 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 146 ◽

pp. 106690

Author(s):

Binguo Chen ◽

Weipeng Li ◽

Honghui He ◽

Chao He ◽

Jun Guo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mueller Matrix ◽

Linear Birefringence ◽

Orientation Parameters

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Double cone of eigendirections in optically active ethylenediammonium selenate crystals

Journal of Applied Crystallography ◽

10.1107/s1600576717007865 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 50 (4) ◽

pp. 1117-1124 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Alexander T. Martin ◽

Shane M. Nichols ◽

Sichao Li ◽

Melissa Tan ◽

Bart Kahr

Keyword(s):

Constitutive Relations ◽

Mueller Matrix ◽

Light Polarization ◽

Double Cone ◽

Linear Birefringence ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Index Point ◽

Sulfate Salt ◽

X Ray ◽

Transmission And Reflection

Circular birefringence (CB) is generally responsible for only a small perturbation to the state of light polarization in crystals that also exhibit linear birefringence (LB). As such, the magnetoelectric tensor of gyration, which gives rise to CB and optical activity, is less well determined than the electric permittivity tensor in optical models of the Mueller matrix. To visualize the effect of the magnetoelectric tensor on polarimetric measurements, reported here are experimental mappings of the Mueller matrix and of the CB in a new chiral crystal with accidental null LB at an accessible optical frequency. Single crystals of ethylenediammonium selenate (EDSeO4) were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction and Mueller matrix measurements in transmission and reflection. The crystals are isomorphous with the corresponding sulfate salt. They are tetragonal, space groupP41(3)212. The constitutive relations of EDSeO4were recovered using a partial wave summation of incoherent reflections. The extraordinary and ordinary refractive indices cross at 364 nm (3.41 eV), a scenario commonly called the `isotropic point' or `iso-index point'. At this wavelength, the magnetoelectric tensor fully describes the polarization transformation, giving rise to a double cone of eigendirections.

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