Abstract
The simple and nondestructive detection system studied in this work uses a near-infrared (NIR) detector and parallel-polarized (P-wave) NIR lasers to determine the soluble solids content (SSC) of apples. The P-wave NIR laser in this system is incident into the apple’s pulp at the Brewster angle to minimize the interference caused by interfacial reflections. After the apple has been illuminated by four P-wave NIR lasers that correspond to the specified wavelengths of the SSC chemical bonds (880, 940, 980, and 1064 nm), the prediction of correlation () and the root-mean-square error for prediction (RMSEP) of the SSC are determined via partial least square regression analysis of the reflectance. Our results indicate that the use of P-wave lasers at the Brewster angle (as the angle of incidence) and the above specified wavelengths for the prediction set measurement of the SSC of apples obtained an of 0.88 and an RMSEP of 0.47°Brix. These are 6% higher, and the RMSEPs are 9% lower, than those obtained using non-polarized lasers.
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