Ortho-Babinet polarization-interrogating filter: an interferometric approach to polarization measurement
Optics Letters, Vol. 28, Issue 14, pp. 1173-1175 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.28.001173
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Abstract
A novel, interferometric, polarization-interrogating filter assembly and method for the simultaneous measurement of all four Stokes parameters across a partially polarized irradiance image in a no-moving-parts, instantaneous, highly sensitive manner is described. In the reported embodiment of the filter, two spatially varying linear retarders and a linear polarizer comprise an ortho-Babinet, polarization-interrogating (OBPI) filter. The OBPI filter uniquely encodes the incident ensemble of electromagnetic wave fronts comprising a partially polarized irradiance image in a controlled, deterministic, spatially varying manner to map the complete state of polarization across the image to local variations in a superposed interference pattern. Experimental interferograms are reported along with a numerical simulation of the method.
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OCIS Codes
(120.2650) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Fringe analysis
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(120.5410) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Polarimetry
(230.5440) Optical devices : Polarization-selective devices
(260.1440) Physical optics : Birefringence
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
Citation
Jay S. Van Delden, "Ortho-Babinet polarization-interrogating filter: an interferometric approach to polarization measurement," Opt. Lett. 28, 1173-1175 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-28-14-1173
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