DOI: 10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-04-60-66

A compact simultaneous full-Stokes vector polarimeter based on micro-retarder arrays

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

B. X. Yao, N. T. Gu, C. H. Rao A compact simultaneous full-Stokes vector polarimeter based on micro-retarder arrays (Компактный поляриметр с одновременным измерением всех компонентов вектора стокса, использующий матрицу миниатюрных линий задержки) [на англ. яз.] // Оптический журнал. 2018. Т. 85. № 4. С. 60–66. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-04-60-66

B. X. Yao, N. T. Gu, C. H. Rao A compact simultaneous full-Stokes vector polarimeter based on micro-retarder arrays (Компактный поляриметр с одновременным измерением всех компонентов вектора стокса, использующий матрицу миниатюрных линий задержки) [in English] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2018. V. 85. № 4. P. 60–66. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-04-60-66

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

B. X. Yao, N. T. Gu, and C. H. Rao, "Compact simultaneous full-Stokes vector polarimeter based on micro-retarder arrays," Journal of Optical Technology. 85(4), 238-243 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.85.000238

Abstract:

The polarimeter is an important tool to measure polarization properties in the living human eye, to discriminate between benign and malignant moles, to measure solar magnetic field and so on. In this paper, we propose a new compact full-Stokes vector polarimeter to measure the full Stokes vector simultaneously which employ the micro-retarder arrays to replace the traditional moveable or adjustable wave-plate. Because of its compact structure, this polarimeter we propose can be used in different systems or different observation aims. And it also can be used in a large wavelength range. We have validated the feasibility of the proposed method by analytic and numeric ways, and the results show that we can get the full Stokes parameters simultaneously from one single image frame caught by this polarimeter.

Keywords:

polarimeter, simultaneous measure, micro-retarder arrays, imaging

OCIS codes: 350.1270, 120.5410, 120.0120, 230.3990

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