Kaiquan Chen, Vinu R V, Dongyang Liao, Miaomiao Tang, Ziyang Chen, Jixiong Pu
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Abstract
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a quantitative full Stokes parameter extraction system to address the intrinsic constraints of conventional polarization imaging systems regarding real-time-imaging and characterization of polarization features. The simultaneous extraction of all four Stokes parameters is employed by designing a compact optical scheme with two equal intensity parallelly propagating polarized beams generated prior to the detection with a polarization camera. Moreover, the approach utilizes the polarization multiplexing feature of the pixelated camera for the design of the real-time full Stokes parameter extraction system. The stability and reliability of the system are verified through rigorous testing on standard half-wave plates and quarter wave plates. Additionally, the quantitative imaging capability of the technique is tested with a standard birefringent resolution target. Finally, the efficacy of the approach in real-time imaging and characterization is demonstrated by extracting the polarization dynamics of an object coded on a liquid crystal panel.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Optics publishes new experimental and theoretical research across all areas of pure and applied optics, both modern and classical. Research areas are categorised as:
Nanophotonics and plasmonics
Metamaterials and structured photonic materials
Quantum photonics
Biophotonics
Light-matter interactions
Nonlinear and ultrafast optics
Propagation, diffraction and scattering
Optical communication
Integrated optics
Photovoltaics and energy harvesting
We discourage incremental advances, purely numerical simulations without any validation, or research without a strong optics advance, e.g. computer algorithms applied to optical and imaging processes, equipment designs or material fabrication.