Optimal elliptical retarder in rotating compensator imaging polarimetry

被引：13
作者：
Gottlieb, Dale [1 ]
Arteaga, Oriol [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Barcelona, Feman Grp, Dept Fis Aplicada, Barcelona 08028, Spain
[2] Univ Barcelona, Inst Nanosci & Nanotechnol IN2UB, Barcelona 08028, Spain
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2021年 / 46卷 / 13期
关键词：
MUELLER MATRIX; OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN;
D O I：
10.1364/OL.430266
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
In this Letter, we present a new, to the best of our knowledge, design for elliptical retarders based on two quarter-wave retarders with an angle offset, which is particularly well suited for polarimetric measurements based on rotating compensator systems. We show that this simple elliptical retarder design offers the minimum condition number achieved by traditionally optimal polarimeter setups and can be used to further improve the accuracy of polarimetric imaging measurements in the presence of error sources, with the advantage that it only requires common quarter-wave retarders. (C) 2021 Optical Society of America
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页码：3139 / 3142
页数：4
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