Optimal elliptical retarder in rotating compensator imaging polarimetry

D Gottlieb, O Arteaga - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, we present a new, to the best of our knowledge, design for elliptical retarders
based on two quarter-wave retarders with an angle offset, which is particularly well suited for …

Effects of typical liquid-crystal retarder errors on optimized Stokes polarimeters

I Montes-González, OG Rodríguez-Herrera… - Applied Optics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Liquid crystal variable retarders (LCVRs) are often used in Stokes polarimeters as they allow
the measurement of different polarization components by applying an electric field that …

Measurements of the corneal birefringence with a liquid-crystal imaging polariscope

JM Bueno, F Vargas-Martín - Applied optics, 2002 - opg.optica.org
An imaging polariscope has been used to analyze the spatially resolved polarization
properties of living human corneas. The apparatus is a modified double-pass setup …

[HTML][HTML] Ordinary and extraordinary complex refractive indices extraction of a Mylar film by transmission spectrophotometry

Y Makhlouka, F Sanaâ, M Gharbia - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
A new spectrophotometric technique for the determination of both ordinary and extraordinary
complex refractive indices (CRIs) of a stretched polyethylene terephthalate (Mylar) film is …

Roles of linear and circular polarization properties and effect of wavelength choice on differentiation between ex vivo normal and cancerous gastric samples

W Wang, LG Lim, S Srivastava, JSB Yan… - … of biomedical optics, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Multispectral Mueller matrix imaging was performed over a spectral range from 470 to 632
nm on 4-μ m unstained gastric tissue sections. A complete set of polarization parameters …

Band limited data reconstruction in modulated polarimeters

CF LaCasse, RA Chipman, JS Tyo - Optics Express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
Data processing for sequential in time polarimeters based on the Data Reduction Matrix
technique yield polarization artifacts in the presence of time varying signals. To overcome …

Polarization calibration assessment for a broadband imaging polarimeter based on a division of aperture architecture

S Peña-Gutiérrez, S Royo - Optics express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
This article intends to provide all the experimental insights and analyze the best polarimetric
calibration method for a division of aperture polarimetric imager considering the different …

The effects of thermal equilibrium and contrast in LWIR polarimetric images

JS Tyo, BM Ratliff, JK Boger, WT Black, DL Bowers… - Optics express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
Long-wave infrared (LWIR) polarimetric signatures provide the potential for day-night
detection and identification of objects in remotely sensed imagery. The source of optical …

Snapshot imaging spectropolarimeter

D Sabatke, A Locke, EL Dereniak… - Optical …, 2002 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present and analyze a technique for snapshot imaging spectropolarimetry. The
technique involves the combination of channeled spectropolarimetry with computed …

Polarization of light scattered by microrough surfaces and subsurface defects

TA Germer, CC Asmail - JOSA A, 1999 - opg.optica.org
The polarization of light scattered into directions out of the plane of incidence for 532-nm
light incident at 45° with p polarization was measured from rough silicon, rough titanium …