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Overdetermined broadband spectroscopic Mueller matrix polarimeter designed by genetic algorithms

Author(s) -

Lars Martin Sandvik,

Pål Gunnar Ellingsen,

Bent Even Fladmark,

Paul Anton Letnes,

Morten Kildemo

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

optics express

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 271

ISSN - 1094-4087

DOI - 10.1364/oe.21.008753

Subject(s) - overdetermined system , polarimeter , polarimetry , optics , mueller calculus , calibration , algorithm , computer science , matrix (chemical analysis) , achromatic lens , physics , materials science , mathematics , scattering , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics , composite material

This paper reports on the design and implementation of a liquid crystal variable retarder based overdetermined spectroscopic Mueller matrix polarimeter, with parallel processing of all wavelengths. The system was designed using a modified version of a recently developed genetic algorithm [Letnes et al. Opt. Express 18, 22, 23095 (2010)]. A generalization of the eigenvalue calibration method is reported that allows the calibration of such overdetermined polarimetric systems. Out of several possible designs, one of the designs was experimentally implemented and calibrated. It is reported that the instrument demonstrated good performance, with a measurement accuracy in the range of 0.1% for the measurement of air.

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