Spatially resolved scattering polarimeter

    Authors

    T. Kohlgraf-Owens;A. Dogariu

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    Optics

    Abstract

    We demonstrate a compact, spatially resolved polarimeter based on a coherent optical fiber bundle coupled with a thin layer of scattering centers. The use of scattering for polarization encoding allows the polarimeter to work across broad angular and spectral domains. Optical fiber bundles provide high spatial resolution of the incident field. Because neighboring elements of the bundle interact with the incident field differently, only a single interaction of the fiber bundle with the unknown field is needed to perform the measurement. Experimental results are shown to demonstrate the capability to perform imaging polarimetry. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    34

    Issue/Number

    9

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1321

    Last Page

    1323

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000266475000010

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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