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===mab2mm version history===

Change log of important builds/deployed versions in the whole mab2pd, mab2pd2 and mab2mm pedigree. Calibration for rotating compensator ellipsometers merged from development of [[0401_versionsrce|CalibRCE]].


Version 3.1.0.2 on 11.04.2026
  * working towards all corrections for PSG and PSA path nonidealities
  * solution of MM with generalized input Stokes vector
  * finalizing the poly component, UI and handling in processConfiguration
  * redesigned UI for Qt6

Version 3.0.9.0 on 16.02.2026
  * bug fixes in RCE MM mode
  * back-calculation in MM modes
  * introducing poly component for optional static compensator 
  * now compiles on Qt 6.11 with minGW 13.2

Version 3.0.8.2 on 06.01.2026
  * full 4x4 MM calculations with RCE
  * test deployment in lab, but bugs appear

Version 3.0.7.7 on 24.12.2025
  * implemented diagnostic modes for testing the analytic derivatives
  * corrected calculation bugs and glitches
  * now RCE NCS calibration works well

Version 3.0.7.0 on 14.12.2025
  * work on the RCE NCE mode
  * analytic derivatives on NCS by Po Co Ao
  * optimizing in RCE NCS calibration now works, but buggy

Version 3.0.6.5 on 02.12.2025
  * distributed fittable for RAE NC calibration
  * using analytical derivatives of NC by Po Ao
  * beta version **deployed in lab**
  * supports RAE NCS with calibration and RAE MM modes

Version 3.0.5.9 on 19.11.2025
  * reprocessing data with different config using stored resources
  * pre-process corrections for RAE now work in the new resource mechanics

Version 3.0.5.6 on 16.11.2025
  * another complete rewrite of the config and resource system

Version 3.0.5.4 on 08.11.2025
  * processing in non-combined RAE modes (NC)
  * plotting of "inverted" solutions (NC->S, NS->C)
  * improved UI control for plots
  * improved saving and exporting

Version 3.0.4.6 on 27.10.2025
  * further background refactoring of the symbolic config system
  * tuning the transport from UI state of configuration 
  * construction of resources for cases when reused components

Version 3.0.3.7 on 21.09.2025
  * big background work on Configuration mechanics
  * defining resources, assets, categories, roles
  * processConfiguration central point of conversion from symbolic configuration to resources
  * manifestation on AdvancedPanel UI

Version 3.0.2.4 on 29.04.2025
  * saving of .epdx files for RAE NCS and MM modes
  * early alpha version **deployed in lab** and used for real-world MM ellipsometry
  * no RAE calibration yet, no resouce management

Version 3.0.2.2 on 27.04.2025
  * plotting the RAE MM data

Version 3.0.2.1 on 26.04.2025
  * changes to architecture, introducing Databank
  * controllers FlowControl and Distributor also run in separate thread

Version 3.0.1.9 on 24.04.2025
  * implemented RAE MM calculation
  * calculates 3x3 MM measured with multiple polarizer azimuths
  * adding 4th column from measurements with static compensator 

Version 3.0.1.7 on 22.04.2025
  * combined RAE with and without static compensator to NCS
  * back-calculation in RAE NCS mode

Version 3.0.1.3 on 10.04.2025
  * integrates development done in parallel in LookData 3 context
  * RAE NC processing works

Version 3.0.0.7 on 08.02.2025
  * basic architecture with Engine, FlowControl, Distributor and SmallAction
  * loads and processes data with BigFileAnalyzer

Version 3.0.0.0 on 18.11.2024
  * starting development of **mab2mm**
  * will be combining mab2pd 3 and CalibRCE 3, using QBerr 3 libraries
  * reusing UI and code written as CalibRCE 2.5
  * this is a milestone, not a deployed version

Version 2.0.3.7 on 13.10.2022
  * adding support for B field metadata
  * saving static compensator metadata
  * last version as mab2pd2

Version 2.0.3.3 on 21.10.2021
  * full support for NCS processing
  * Mueller N defined as N=m12=m21 (Fribourg convention)

Version 2.0.3.1 on 10.03.2021
  * exporting raw alpha beta for external MM calculation
  * added LabLISP environment, but no API integration

Version 2.0.3.0 on 29.09.2020
  * start of git versioned development
  * UI knobs for fine-tuning the strengths of corrections

Version 2.0.2.4 on 23.01.2020
  * switching to NCS-based averaging and calibration

Version 2.0.2.1 on 02.11.2019
  * calibration optimizing with Marquardt-Levenberg

Version 2.0.1.6 on 25.09.2019
  * str-tru RAE diagnostic of polarizer, analyzer and detector
  * correction for detector polarization selectivity
  * correction for polarizer and analyzer leakage

Version 2.0.0.4 on 29.03.2019
  * translating code from Pascal
  * alpha beta to Psi Delta, with the flip and flop

Version 2.0.0.0 on 10.03.2019
  * starting development of **mab2pd2**
  * now written in Qt/C++
  * this is a milestone, not a deployed version

Version 1.3.4.0 on 18.10.2018
  * exporting flipped alpha beta
  * imporoved handling of measurements with static compensator

Version 1.3.3.4 on 08.09.2012
  * saving .epdx file format
  * reading temperature and scans metadata from .big
  * aux and tool metadata saving
  * uses Berreman / QBerr 1 libraries for .epdx dataset handling

Version 1.2.0.0 on 11.04.2011
  * loading data in .txt format from NSLS, Brookhaven
  * automatic loading of AOI from .big file 
  * excluding bad spectra at selected analyzer azimuths
  * option for averaging plain spectra vs weighted averaging
  * export to Origin 8 via OLE container

Version 1.1.0.0 on 17.03.2010
  * modification for UniFr data format
  * support for RAE measurements with static compensator
  * exporting Psi Delta files in Woollam DAT format

Version 1.0.0.0 in 2005 - 2009 
  * extension of legacy AB2PD - support for calibration and avaraging of more than 2 files
  * written in Delphi/Pascal
  * averaging and optimization on alpha beta coefficients
  * exporting data to Origin via DDE

AB2PD Version C3 on 12.11.2004
  * latest version written by Josef Humlicek
  * written in some BASIC dialect
  * averaging and optimization on Psi Delta
  * only two files with different polarizer azimuths