Measuring optical properties of clear and turbid media with broadband spectral interferometry
P.N.A. Speets (TU Delft - ImPhys/Kalkman group)
Jeroen Kalkman (TU Delft - ImPhys/Kalkman group, TU Delft - ImPhys/Computational Imaging)
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Abstract
The group index, ng , group velocity dispersion (GVD), and scattering attenuation coefficient, µs, were measured for dilutions of glycerol, ethanol, and Intralipid 20% with water. Experiments were performed with a supercontinuum laser based Mach–Zehnder spectroscopic interferometry setup for wavelengths between 400 and 930 nm. All optical properties could be retrieved from a single calibrated measurement of the interference spectrum. Scattering attenuation was determined from the envelope of the interference. The group index and GVD were retrieved from the unwrapped spectral phase. It was found that the group indices of glycerol and ethanol dilutions are in accordance with the Lorentz–Lorenz mixing formula. The scattering attenuation matches well to a semi-empirical model based on the Twerksy effective packing fraction.