Title :
Error Analysis of a Rotating Quarter-Wave Plate Stokes´ Polarimeter
Author :
Flueraru, Costel ; Latoui, Sofiane ; Besse, Johann ; Legendre, Pierre
Author_Institution :
Nat. Res. Council, Ottawa
fDate :
4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A simple polarimeter based on a quarter-wave plate and a polarizer is presented. All Stokes´ vector components are calculated by rotating the quarter-wave plate and processing the resultant intensity variation. The effect of misalignment in the linear polarizer azimuth and the deviation from the pi/2 retardance of the quarter-wave plate is analytically and experimentally investigated. The technique has been verified with two algorithms for Stokes´ vector calculation.
Keywords :
error analysis; luminescence; optical polarisers; optical retarders; polarimeters; Stokes vector calculation; error analysis; linear polarizer azimuth; misalignment effect; pi/2 retardance; rotating quarter-wave plate polarimeter; Optical fiber measurement; optical fiber polarizer; optical variable measurement; polarimetry; polarization;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2007.913752
