Modulation, alignment, and calibration methods for phase-modulated optical polarimeters

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1460-1466

  Mackey, Jeffrey R ^a   Salari, Ezzatollah ^b   Tin, Padateha ^c  

^a MK Optics Inc   (United States)

^b Toledo   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Modulation; Phase retardance; Polarization

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTOELASTICITY;

TRANSIENT STRESS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0038380662     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1563234     Document Type: Article

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