Design for measurement of the polarization state of light based on division of wave front

Hongwen Gao; Chunmin Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2184573

22 June 2015 Design for measurement of the polarization state of light based on division of wave front

Hongwen Gao, Chunmin Zhang

Proceedings Volume 9525, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection IX; 952530 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2184573
Event: SPIE Optical Metrology, 2015, Munich, Germany

Abstract

A design for simultaneously measuring the polarization state of light based on division of wave front is presented. An incident light beam is divided by a composite beam splitter into four branches. The four branches of light are detected by four different independent detecting units respectively. The measured signal values from the four detecting units are used to form a signal vector. The instrument matrix of the system is obtained by calibration experiment. The Stokes vector describing the polarization state of an incident light is obtained by the matrix calculation by using the signal vector and the instrument matrix. The calculated result for an incident light is in good agreement with the measurement one.

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Hongwen Gao and Chunmin Zhang "Design for measurement of the polarization state of light based on division of wave front", Proc. SPIE 9525, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection IX, 952530 (22 June 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2184573

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