Optimum angles for a polarimeter: part II

Amrit Ambirajan; Dwight C. Look Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.202098

1 June 1995 Optimum angles for a polarimeter: part II

Amrit Ambirajan, Dwight C. Look Jr.

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 34, Issue 6, (June 1995). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.202098

Abstract

The four sets of two optimum rotation angles for a polarimeter consisting of a quarter-wave plate in conjunction with a linear polarizer, both of which are free to rotate, are determined. These angles are obtained by maximizing the determinant of the system measurement matrix. The determinant for this system is approximately twice the value of the determinant when only the quarter-wave plate is free to rotate. In addition, the condition numbers of the measurement matrix decrease with the additional consideration of a rotatable linear polarizer.

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Amrit Ambirajan and Dwight C. Look Jr. "Optimum angles for a polarimeter: part II," Optical Engineering 34(6), (1 June 1995). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.202098

Published: 1 June 1995

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