Chien Chou  

Professor, Department of Medical Radiation Technology and Institute of Radiological Sciences School of Medical Technology and Engineering, National Yang-Ming University.

Major Research Areas:

Fiber optic biosensors, The application of laser optics on early detection of cancer, Tumor image of breast cancer using photoacoustic interaction

Research Summary:

Selected Publication

1. L. C. Peng, C. Chou, C. W. Lyu, J. C. Hsieh, “Zeeman Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy in Turbid Media,” Optics Letters 26 349-351 (2001).

2. C. Chou, C. W. Lyu, L. C. Peng, “Polarized Differential-Phase Laser Scanning Microscope,” Applied Optics 40 95-99 (2001).

3. H. K. Teng, C. Chou, C. N. Chang, C. W. Lyu, Y. C. Huang, “Linear Birefringence Measurement with a Differential-Phase Optical Heterodyne Polarimeter,” Jpn. Jour. of Appl. Phy. 41 3140-3144 (2002).

4. K. C. Lang, C. Chou, H. K. Teng, “A Polarized Ring Interferometer on Linear Birefringence Measurement,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 42 5826-5830 (2003).

5. C. Chou, W. C. Kuo, C. Y. Han, “Circular Polarized Optical Heterodyne Interferometer on Optical Activity Measurement of a Quartz Crystal,” Applied Optics 42 5096-5100 (2003).

6. H. K. Teng, C. Chou, C. N. Chang, H. T. Wu, “Application of Phase-to-Amplitude Conversion Technique to Linear Birefringence Measurements,” Applied Optics 42 1798-1804 (2003).

7. H. K. Teng, C. Chou, C. N. Chang, C. W. Lyu, Y. C. Huang, “ Linear Birefringence Measurement with a Differential-phase Optical Heterodyne Polarimeter,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 41 3140-3144 (2003).

 8. H. K. Teng, C. Chou, H. F. Chang,“ Polarization-shifting interferometry on two-dimensional linear birefringent parameters measurement, ” Optics Communications 224 197-204 (2003).

9. W. C. Kuo, C. Chou, H. T. Wu, “Optical heterodyne surface plasmon resonance biosensor “ Opt. Lett. 28 1329-1331 (2003).

10. Chien Chou, W. C. Kuo, T. S. Hsieh, H. K. Teng , “ A phase sensitive optical rotation measurement in a scattered chiral medium using a Zeeman laser,” Optics Communications 230 259-266 (2004).

11. K. C. Lang, H. K. Teng, H. F. Chang, C. Y. Han, C. Chou “Two dimensional linear birefringence vector measurement by polarization stepping interferometry,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 43 1633-1637 (2004).

12. W. C. Kuo, Y. S. Liao, G. J. Jan, H. K. Teng, C. Chou, “Simultaneous measurement of phase retardation and fast axis angle of a phase retardation plate,” Jpn J. Applied Physics 43 1633-1637 (2004).

13. Y. H. Chan, C. Chou, J. S. Wu, H. F. Chang, H. F. Yau, “Properties of diffused photon pairs density waves in a multiple-scattering media,” Applied Optics 44 1416-1425 (2005).

14. C. C. Tsai, C. Chou, C. Y. Han, C. H. Hsieh, K. Y. Liao, Y. F. Chao, “Determination of optical parameters of a twist-nematic liquid crystal by phase-sensitive optical heterodyne interferometric ellipsometry” Appl. Opt. 44  7509-7514 (2005)

15. C. Chou, H. M. Tsai, K. Y. Liao, L. D. Chou, P. H. Huang, “Optical activity measurement of quartz crystal using a balanced optical heterodyne interferometer”  Appl. Opt. (in press, 2006)

16. H. F. Chang, C. Chou, H. K. Teng, H. T. Wu, H. F. Yau, “The use of polarized modulation and amplitude-sensitive optical heterodyne interferometer for linear birefringence parameters measurements” Opt. Comm. (in press, 2006)

17. W. C. Kuo, C. M. Lai, H. T. Huang C. Chou, “Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography using only a linear polarized light” Optical and Quantum Electronics (in press, 2006).

18. H. F. Chang, C. Chou, H. F. Yau, Y. H. Chan, J. N. Yi, J. S. Wu, “Angular distribution of polarized photon-pairs in a scattering medium with a Zeeman laser scanning confocal microscope” J. of Microscopy ( in press, 2006).

19. W. C. Kuo, J. J. Shyu, N. K. Chou, C. M. Lai, H. J. Huang, S. S. Wang, G. J. Jan, C. Chou, “Characterization of human atherosclerotic plaques by using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography,” (submitted to J. Biomed. Opt., 2005)

20. C. Chou, H. K. Teng, C. C. Tsai, L. P. Yu, “Balanced detector interferometric ellipsometry,” ( J. Opt. Soc. Am A, revised, 2006).

21. L. P. Yu, C. Chou, J. S. Wu, Y. H. Chan, “Measurement of diffused photon-pair density wave in a multiple-scattering medium,” (submitted to Appl. Opt., 2005 )

22. C. Chou, H. Y. Hsu, H. T. Wu, A. Chiou, C. J. Yu, K. Y. Tseng, Z. Y. Lee, T. S. Chan, “Fiber-optic biosensor for detection of C- creative protein and monitor of protein binding kinetics,” ( J. Biomed. Opt., revised, 2006)

23. C. Chou, K. R. Liao, K. H. Jiang, P. S. Huang, H. M. Tsai, H. T. Wu, “Optical rotation detection in a chiral non-scattering medium with an amplitude sensitive balanced detection polarimeter,” (submitted to Optics Letters, 2006).

24. C. Chou, H. K. Teng, C. C. Tsai, “Differential phase decoder in polarization optical heterodyne interferometer,” (to be submitted to Optics Letters, 2005).

25. C.Chou, H.T. Wu, Y.C. Huang, Y.L. Chen, W.C. Kuo, “The characteristics of a paired surface plasma waves heterodyne biosensor”, (to be submitted to Optical Express, 2006 )