Title

Interferometric imaging polarimeter

Authors

Authors

M. Mujat; E. Baleine;A. Dogariu

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A-Opt. Image Sci. Vis.

Keywords

MUELLER MATRIX; POLARIZATION; INTERFERENCE; FORMULATION; COHERENCE; PARAMETER; ARRAY; Optics

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. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

Journal Title

Journal of the Optical Society of America a-Optics Image Science and Vision

Volume

21

Issue/Number

11

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/josaa.21.002244

Language

English

First Page

2244

Last Page

2249

WOS Identifier

WOS:000224721500023

ISSN

1084-7529

Recommended Citation

"Interferometric imaging polarimeter" (2004). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 4596.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/4596