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The polarization properties of scattered light from turbid media such as biological tissues, human or animal muscle, and certain plastics have received considerable attention due to their potential for use in inspection or diagnostic detection applications. The polarized light state is represented by Stokes parameters and several methods. However, classical method is satisfactory but it still has several limitations. We prefer the rotating quarter-waveplate technique which avoids errors and inappropriateness of conventional method. The rotating quarter-waveplate method is reasonable because of its accuracy, simplicity and suitability for design. Furthermore, we utilize this method to design an analyzer to determine the Stokes parameters.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided to this study by Vietnam National Universities – HCMC (VNU-HCM) under grant number C2016-28-10.
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Phuoc, G.H., Pham, T.H.T. (2018). Measuring the Stokes Polarization Parameters. In: Vo Van, T., Nguyen Le, T., Nguyen Duc, T. (eds) 6th International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam (BME6) . BME 2017. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 63. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4361-1_101
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