Title
Interferometric Imaging Polarimeter
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. © 2004 Optical Society of America.
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Publication Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Volume
21
Issue
11
Number of Pages
2244-2249
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.21.002244
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
8744236067 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/8744236067
STARS Citation
Mujat, Mircea; Baleine, Erwan; and Dogariu, Aristide, "Interferometric Imaging Polarimeter" (2004). Scopus Export 2000s. 5327.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/5327