Snapshot Mueller-matrix spectropolarimeter using spectral and spatial carriers

Kazuhiko Oka; Yujin Haga; Hiroshi Michida

doi:10.1117/12.2189698

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1 September 2015 Snapshot Mueller-matrix spectropolarimeter using spectral and spatial carriers

Kazuhiko Oka, Yujin Haga, Hiroshi Michida

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Proceedings Volume 9613, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing VII; 96130E (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2189698
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A novel spectroscopic Mueller-matrix polarimeter based on channeled spectropolarimetry is presented. It incorporates two high-order retarders and two Savart plates so that a spectrum modulated in both spatial and spectral axes are obtained from a two-dimensional CCD attached to a spectrometer. Two-dimensional Fourier analysis of the spectrum allows us to demodulate wavenumber-resolved Mueller matrix of the sample. The polarimeter uses no mechanical or active elements for polarization modulation and the snapshot measurement of sixteen Mueller-matrix elements can be achieved. Its feasibility was experimentally demonstrated in the spectral range between 500 and 750 nm.

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Kazuhiko Oka, Yujin Haga, and Hiroshi Michida "Snapshot Mueller-matrix spectropolarimeter using spectral and spatial carriers", Proc. SPIE 9613, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing VII, 96130E (1 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2189698

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