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Interferometric imaging polarimeter

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We describe a new imaging polarimeter that is based on a modified Sagnac interferometer and allows full polarimetric description of complex random electromagnetic beams from only two images as compared with the four images needed in conventional polarimetry. The procedure is analyzed in terms of the interference laws of Fresnel and Arago, and very good agreement with standard Stokes polarimetry is demonstrated. In certain cases the new technique provides the degree of polarization and the retardance from only one image.

Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America A

DOI: 10.1364/josaa.21.002244

Authors: Mircea Mujat, Erwan Baleine, Aristide Dogariu

Institution: University of Central Florida

Language: English

Topic: Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1992938985

FWCI: 1.269

Cites: 25

Cited by: 34

Related to: 10