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Stokes polarimeter for pulsed radiation based on a series of Brewster plates

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Кожевников Н.М. Стокс-поляриметр импульсного излучения на основе последовательности брюстеровских пластинок // Оптический журнал. 2016. Т. 83. № 2. С. 62–66.

Kozhevnikov N.M. Stokes polarimeter for pulsed radiation based on a series of Brewster plates [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2016. V. 83. № 2. P. 62–66.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

N. M. Kozhevnikov, "Stokes polarimeter for pulsed radiation based on a series of Brewster plates," Journal of Optical Technology. 83(2), 123-126 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.83.000123

Abstract:

This paper discusses the design of a compact pulsed Stokes polarimeter with a linear series of Brewster plates as polarizers. A technique for tuning and calibrating the polarimeter is described. The error in measuring the azimuth (about 1°), ellipticity (almost 10%), and the degree of polarization (of the order of 2%) of IR radiation (λ=1.06 μm) having a width of 0.03–1.0 μs is estimated. The results are presented of measuring the polarization characteristics of a pulsed Nd laser with self-Q-switching and in the free-lasing regime.

Keywords:

Stokes parameters, pulsed polarimetry, Nd laser, semiconcentric resonator, resonator self-Q-switching, free-lasing regime

OCIS codes: 120.5410, 260.5430, 140.3530

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