Optimal design for a broadband Stokes polarimeter of liquid crystal variable retarders

J Wu, Y Li, T Ning, C Long, G Zhou - Applied Optics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Liquid crystal variable retarders (LCVRs) are the core component for rapid and high-
precision broadband polarization detection. Additionally, the ability to suppress noise greatly …

Calibration of liquid crystal variable retarders using a common-path interferometer and fit of a closed-form expression for the retardance curve

NP Schnoor, RC Niemeier, AL Woods, JD Rogers - Applied optics, 2020 - opg.optica.org
A liquid crystal variable retarder (LCVR) enables fast, automated control of retardance that
can be used as a variable waveplate in polarimetric instruments. However, precise control of …

Fast-axis orientation dependence on driving voltage for a Stokes polarimeter based on concrete liquid-crystal variable retarders

P Terrier, JM Charbois, V Devlaminck - Applied optics, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Nowadays liquid-crystal variable retarders (LCVRs) are widely used in optical systems
because of their capacity to provide a controlled variable optical retardance by means of an …

Hybrid complete Mueller polarimeter based on phase modulators

G Martínez-Ponce, C Solano… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Optical properties of matter as diattenuation, retardance and depolarization can be
evaluated using polarimetric techniques. In this paper, the analysis and implementation of a …

Liquid-crystal based drift-free polarization modulators: Part II. Ultra-stable Stokes and Mueller polarimeters

J Rehbinder, J Dellinger, B Varin, M Torzynski… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We have previously reported a new design for drift-free liquid-crystal polarization modulators
(LCMs) based on liquid-crystal variable retarders (LCVRs). Here, we study their …

Adjustment method of an imaging Stokes polarimeter based on liquid crystal variable retarders

WA Woźniak, P Kurzynowski, S Drobczyński - Applied Optics, 2011 - opg.optica.org
The description of adjustment of an imaging Stokes polarimeter constructed and tested in
our laboratory is presented. Our polarimeter's operation is based on six fast intensity …

Optimization of polarization parameters for an LCVR polarization spectrometer under non-oversampling

L Chang, G Wang, X Wang, Y Qiu, K Chen, C Liang - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The spectral polarization measurement can obtain not only the spectral information of the
target but also its polarization information, which can improve the detection and identification …

A liquid crystal variable retarder-based reflectance difference spectrometer for fast, high precision spectroscopic measurements

C Hu, P Xie, S Huo, Y Li, X Hu - Thin Solid Films, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a liquid crystal variable retarder (LCVR)-based design for reflectance difference
(RD) spectrometry, which offers one high quality RD spectrum in the visible range within …

Optimization analysis of a Stokes polarimeter for broadband liquid crystal variable retarders under the optimal objective function

L Chang, J Li, Y Zhang, Y Yin, J Liu - JOSA A, 2024 - opg.optica.org
A liquid crystal variable retarder (LCVR) is the core device to realize fast and high-precision
broadband polarization imaging, and its ability to suppress the noise will have an impact on …

A high-contrast imaging polarimeter with a stepped-transmission filter based coronagraph

CC Liu, DQ Ren, YT Zhu, JP Dou… - Research in Astronomy …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The light reflected from planets is polarized mainly due to Rayleigh scattering, but starlight is
normally unpolarized. Thus it provides an approach to enhance the imaging contrast by …