White-light channeled imaging polarimeter using broadband polarization gratings

• Kudenov, Michael W.

• Escuti, Michael J.

• Dereniak, Eustace L.

• Oka, Kazuhiko

抄録

A white-light snapshot channeled linear imaging (CLI) polarimeter is demonstrated by utilizing polarization gratings (PGs). The CLI polarimeter is capable of measuring the two-dimensional distribution of the linear Stokes polarization parameters by incorporating two identical PGs, in series, along the optical axis. In this configuration, the general optical shearing functionality of a uniaxial crystal-based Savart plate is realized. However, unlike a Savart plate, the diffractive nature of the PGs creates a linear dependence of the shear versus wavelength, thus providing broadband functionality. Consequently, by incorporating the PG-based Savart plate into a Savart plate channeled imaging polarimeter, white-light interference fringes can be generated. This enables polarimetric image data to be acquired at shorter exposure times in daylight conditions, making it more appealing over the quasi-monochromatic channeled imaging polarimeters previously described in the literature. Furthermore, the PG-based device offers significantly more compactness, field of view, optical simplicity, and vibration insensitivity than previously described white-light CLI polarimeters based on Sagnac interferometers. Included in this paper are theoretical descriptions of the linear (S0, S1, and S2) and complete (S0, S1, S2, and S3) channeled Stokes imaging polarimeters. Additionally, descriptions of our calibration procedures and our experimental proof of concept CLI system are provided. These are followed by laboratory and outdoor polarimetric measurements of S0, S1, and S2.

収録刊行物

• Applied Optics

  Applied Optics 50 (15), 2283-2293, 2011-05-20

  Optical Society of America

詳細情報

• CRID: 1050282813985031040
• NII論文ID: 120003311394
• HANDLE: 2115/47100
• ISSN: 00036935
• 本文言語コード: en
• 資料種別: journal article
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