Development of a pulse laser-operated Mueller matrix polarimeter and implementation in the visible spectrum

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5158, Issue , 2003, Pages 239-250

  Boulbry, B ^a   Le Jeune, B ^a   Cariou, J ^a   Lotrian, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; Compensated birefringent waveplate; Elliptical birefringence; Mueller matrix; Spectroscopic polarimeter

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ERROR ANALYSIS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; QUARTZ; VECTORS;

COMPENSATED BIREFRINGENT WAVEPLATES; ELLIPTICAL BIREFRINGENCE; MUELLER MATRIX; SPECTROSCOPIC POLARIMETERS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 1842583983     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.511085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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