Influence of incident angle on the decoding in laser polarization encoding guidance

Muchun Zhou; Yanru Chen; Qi Zhao; Yu Xin; Hongyuan Wen

doi:10.1117/12.835282

28 August 2009 Influence of incident angle on the decoding in laser polarization encoding guidance

Muchun Zhou, Yanru Chen, Qi Zhao, Yu Xin, Hongyuan Wen

Proceedings Volume 7382, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009: Laser Sensing and Imaging; 738249 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835282
Event: International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009, 2009, Beijing, China

Abstract

Dynamic detection of polarization states is very important for laser polarization coding guidance systems. In this paper, a set of dynamic polarization decoding and detection system used in laser polarization coding guidance was designed. Detection process of the normal incident polarized light is analyzed with Jones Matrix; the system can effectively detect changes in polarization. Influence of non-normal incident light on performance of polarization decoding and detection system is studied; analysis showed that changes in incident angle will have a negative impact on measure results, the non-normal incident influence is mainly caused by second-order birefringence and polarization sensitivity effect generated in the phase delay and beam splitter prism. Combined with Fresnel formula, decoding errors of linearly polarized light, elliptically polarized light and circularly polarized light with different incident angles into the detector are calculated respectively, the results show that the decoding errors increase with increase of incident angle. Decoding errors have relations with geometry parameters, material refractive index of wave plate, polarization beam splitting prism. Decoding error can be reduced by using thin low-order wave-plate. Simulation of detection of polarized light with different incident angle confirmed the corresponding conclusions.

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Muchun Zhou, Yanru Chen, Qi Zhao, Yu Xin, and Hongyuan Wen "Influence of incident angle on the decoding in laser polarization encoding guidance", Proc. SPIE 7382, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009: Laser Sensing and Imaging, 738249 (28 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835282

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Polarization

Wave plates

Prisms

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