High-speed portable polarimeter using a ferroelectric liquid crystal modulator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6682, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bigué, Laurent ^a   Cheney, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

Author keywords

Degree of polarization; Ferroelectric liquid crystal modulator; Polarimetric imaging

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHTING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION;

FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULATORS; POLARIMETRIC IMAGING; POLARIZING ELEMENTS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 42149102764     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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