Polarized light imaging of birefringence and diattenuation at high resolution and high sensitivity

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Mehta, Shalin B ^a   Shribak, Michael ^a   Oldenbourg, Rudolf ^a,b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; diattenuation; dichroism; LC PolScope; liquid crystal compensator; polarized light; retardance; transmittance

Indexed keywords

DICHROISM; DIGITAL DEVICES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIATTENUATION; IMAGE ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS; LC-POLSCOPE; LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES; POLARIZED LIGHT IMAGING; RETARDANCE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSMITTANCE;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 84884885258     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/9/094007     Document Type: Article

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