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Polarization state generator: a polarimeter calibration standard |
Applied Optics, Vol. 50, Issue 12, pp. 1726-1734 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.001726
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Abstract
A polarization state generator (PSG) was built to generate light having a degree of linear polarization (DoLP) varying from 0.0005 to 0.4 with 0.0005 uncertainty. The PSG operates by tilting a plane parallel SF11 glass plate in a nearly unpolarized beam. The DoLP of collimated, unpolarized light passing through a plane parallel plate over a defined range of field angles can be calculated from theory, and the PSG was intended to act as a calibration standard based on this calculation. Several effects make the DoLP distribution as a function of field and tilt plate difficult to model to the desired 0.0005 uncertainty: source DoLP and intensity nonuniformity, lens surface diattenuation, and errors in optical alignment. Because of these effects, modeled DoLP was not used as a standard. Instead, DoLP was characterized with repeatability of 0.0005.
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OCIS Codes
(120.4800) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical standards and testing
(120.5410) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Polarimetry
(220.2945) Optical design and fabrication : Illumination design
ToC Category:
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology
History
Original Manuscript: November 5, 2010
Revised Manuscript: February 26, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: February 28, 2011
Published: April 14, 2011
Citation
Anna-Britt Mahler and Russell A. Chipman, "Polarization state generator: a polarimeter calibration standard," Appl. Opt. 50, 1726-1734 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-50-12-1726
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