Polarimeter for measuring the properties of birefringent media in reflective mode | Zendy

Marcelina Sobczak | Zendy; Piotr Kurzynowski | Zendy; Władysław A. Woźniak | Zendy; Monika Owczarek | Zendy; Sławomir Drobczyński | Zendy

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Polarimeter for measuring the properties of birefringent media in reflective mode

Author(s) -

Marcelina Sobczak,

Piotr Kurzynowski,

Władysław A. Woźniak,

Monika Owczarek,

Sławomir Drobczyński

Publication year - 2019

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.380998

Subject(s) - polarizer , optics , birefringence , polarimetry , polarimeter , photoelasticity , polarization (electrochemistry) , spectrum analyzer , dichroic glass , materials science , stokes parameters , circular polarization , light intensity , linear polarization , physics , scattering , laser , chemistry , composite material , solid mechanics , microstrip

This work presents a description of a polarimetric system for measuring the properties of birefringent media. In our reflection system the applied Stokes polarimeter acts both as a generator of the light's selected polarization states as well as a light analyzer leaving the examined medium. The method is based on six intensity distribution measurements realized in six different configurations of polarizers/analyzers: four linear and two circular ones. Thus, we have achieved parallel polariscope for linear polarizers and the crossed polariscope for circular polarizers. Such a setup can be easily applied for linearly birefringent media properties measurements including dichroic ones. This measurement setup and the measurement method were successfully tested in a homogeneous medium and a medium with variable phase difference.

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