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White-light channeled imaging polarimeter using broadband polarization gratings |
Applied Optics, Vol. 50, Issue 15, pp. 2283-2293 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.002283
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Abstract
A white-light snapshot channeled linear imaging (CLI) polarimeter is demonstrated by utilizing polarization gratings (PGs). The CLI polarimeter is capable of measuring the two-dimensional distribution of the linear Stokes polarization parameters by incorporating two identical PGs, in series, along the optical axis. In this configuration, the general optical shearing functionality of a uniaxial crystal-based Savart plate is realized. However, unlike a Savart plate, the diffractive nature of the PGs creates a linear dependence of the shear versus wavelength, thus providing broadband functionality. Consequently, by incorporating the PG-based Savart plate into a Savart plate channeled imaging polarimeter, white-light interference fringes can be generated. This enables polarimetric image data to be acquired at shorter exposure times in daylight conditions, making it more appealing over the quasi-monochromatic channeled imaging polarimeters previously described in the literature. Furthermore, the PG-based device offers significantly more compactness, field of view, optical simplicity, and vibration insensitivity than previously described white-light CLI polarimeters based on Sagnac interferometers. Included in this paper are theoretical descriptions of the linear (
© 2011 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(300.6190) Spectroscopy : Spectrometers
(110.3175) Imaging systems : Interferometric imaging
(110.5405) Imaging systems : Polarimetric imaging
ToC Category:
Imaging Systems
History
Original Manuscript: November 30, 2010
Revised Manuscript: March 2, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: March 7, 2011
Published: May 18, 2011
Citation
Michael W. Kudenov, Michael J. Escuti, Eustace L. Dereniak, and Kazuhiko Oka, "White-light channeled imaging polarimeter using broadband polarization gratings," Appl. Opt. 50, 2283-2293 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-50-15-2283
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