• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 40, Issue 3, 0326001 (2020)
Haiyu Li1, Chao Li2, Xiaobo Li1, Hui Wang3, Haofeng Hu1、*, and Tiegen Liu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Opto-electronics Information Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instrument & Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
  • 2Institute of Medical Support Technology, Institute of System Engineering, Academy of Military Sciences, Tianjin 300160, China
  • 3College of Physics Science and Information Engineering, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 0 50024, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AOS202040.0326001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Haiyu Li, Chao Li, Xiaobo Li, Hui Wang, Haofeng Hu, Tiegen Liu. Optimization of Polarization-Camera-Based Full Stokes Polarimeter[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(3): 0326001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The measurement of linearly-polarized Stokes vector can be extended to the measurement of full Stokes vector (FSV) by placing a phase retarder, such as a waveplate, in front of the division-of-focal-plane (DoFP) polarization camera. In this study, we propose two optimization strategies to estimate FSV by matrix-decomposition and pseudo-inverse models for DoFP-camera-based FSV polarimeters. According to different FSV estimation models, these two strategies can minimize the measurement variance under the condition of two light-intensity acquisition, thereby optimizing the measurement precision. In particular, by using the inherent measurement redundancy of the DoFP camera, we also propose a self-calibrated analytical solution of the phase retardance of waveplate. This self-calibrated algorithm can replace the step of separate calibration of the phase retardance of waveplate in practical application and can provide technical support for real-time polarization measurement in dynamic environments.
    Haiyu Li, Chao Li, Xiaobo Li, Hui Wang, Haofeng Hu, Tiegen Liu. Optimization of Polarization-Camera-Based Full Stokes Polarimeter[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(3): 0326001
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