Interferometric imaging polarimeter

    Authors

    M. Mujat; E. Baleine;A. Dogariu

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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

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2244

    Last Page

    2249

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000224721500023

    ISSN

    1084-7529

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