Snapshot imaging spectropolarimeter utilizing polarization gratings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7086, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kim, Jihwan ^a   Escuti, Michael J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging spectrometry; Liquid crystals; Polarimetry; Polarization grating; Reactive mesogens; Remote sensing; Spectrometry; Spectropolarimeter

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFRACTION; FOCUSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; MODULATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYMER FILMS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFRACTION; FOCAL-PLANE ARRAYS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; IMAGING SPECTROMETRY; INFRARED WAVELENGTHS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOVING PARTS; POLARIMETRIC INFORMATION; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION GRATING; POLARIZATION GRATINGS; POLARIZATION INFORMATION; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT; PRELIMINARY DATA; REACTIVE MESOGENS; SAMPLING RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL CONTENTS; SPECTROPOLARIMETER; STOKES PARAMETERS; TARGET DETECTIONS; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WAVEPLATES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 52349102567     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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