Performance analysis of imaging Stokes polarimeter based on liquid crystal modulators

Sławomir Drobczyński; Piotr Kurzynowski; Władysław A. Woźniak

doi:10.1117/12.881462

14 December 2010 Performance analysis of imaging Stokes polarimeter based on liquid crystal modulators

Sławomir Drobczyński, Piotr Kurzynowski, Władysław A. Woźniak

Proceedings Volume 7746, 17th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics; 77461F (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881462
Event: 17th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 2010, Liptovsky Jan, Slovakia

Abstract

We present a setup established to measure the light polarization state based on the general concept of Stokes polarimeter. This setup consists of two liquid crystal modulators (LCMs), linear analyzer and CCD camera connected to PC computer. Using this polarimeter all two-dimensional distributions of main polarized light parameters can be measured. The measurement process consists of six fast intensity distributions measurements. In addition to the setup description we discuss also the ways of the angular justification of both LCMs elements as well as the proper selection of the LCMs' input voltages. The results of the measurement of some exemplary uniform and non-uniform polarized light distributions are presented.

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Sławomir Drobczyński, Piotr Kurzynowski, and Władysław A. Woźniak "Performance analysis of imaging Stokes polarimeter based on liquid crystal modulators", Proc. SPIE 7746, 17th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 77461F (14 December 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881462

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