Abstract

Polarization images were obtained using a flexible optical fiber device. The endoscopic technique is based on the real-time compensation of the birefringence of the standard fiber by means of a miniaturized Faraday rotator. Based on a Jones formalism analysis, specific signal processing allows one to extract both the phase retardation and the degree of polarization of the light backscattered by a remote target.

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History
Original Manuscript: June 17, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: September 17, 2009
Published: October 29, 2009

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Jérôme Desroches, Dominique Pagnoux, Frédéric Louradour, Alain Barthélémy

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