Optimized Mueller polarimeter with liquid crystals

被引：230

作者：

De Martino, A ^{[1
]}

Kim, YK ^{[1
]}

Garcia-Caurel, E ^{[1
]}

Laude, B ^{[1
]}

Drévillon, B ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ecole Polytech, UMR 7647, CNRS, Phys Interfaces & Couches Minces Lab, F-91128 Palaiseau, France

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2003年 / 28卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.28.000616

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate a Mueller polarimeter in which the polarization-state generator and analyzer are both composed of a linear polarizer and two liquid-crystal variable retarders. The polarimeter is designed to optimize the accuracy of the final results by minimization of the condition numbers of the modulation and analysis matrices. The polarimeter calibration, a difficult task by conventional procedures, is achieved easily by,use of the eigenvalue method of Compain et al. [Appl. Opt. 38, 3490 (1999)]. The overall polarimeter performance is tested with a linear polarizer at various angles and a compensator at various retardations. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：616 / 618

页数：3

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