Title :
Application of optical coherence tomography to monitoring the subsurface morphology of archaic jades
Author :
Lu, Chih-Wei ; Hsu, I-Jen ; Wang, Hsiang-Chen ; Tsai, Meng-Tsan ; Yang, C.C. ; Mei-Li Yang
Author_Institution :
Graduate Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate the use of optical coherence tomography for scanning archaic jades from the Liangzhu and the Qijia cultures in ancient China for understanding the subsurface structures of the whitening process or the secondary alteration.
Keywords :
optical images; optical tomography; optical coherence tomography; scanning archaic jades; secondary alteration; subsurface morphology; whitening process; Absorption; Backscatter; Interference; Light sources; Minerals; Monitoring; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Surface morphology; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei, Taiwan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274765
