• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 38, Issue 9, 0912005 (2018)
Fei Tao1、2、3、*, Maoxin Song1、2、*, Jin Hong1、2、*, Xiaobing Sun1、2, Mingchun Ling1、2、3, Yuanzhen Zhang1、2、3, and Dapeng Kuang1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
  • 2 Key Laboratory of Optical Calibration and Characterization, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
  • 3 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AOS201838.0912005 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fei Tao, Maoxin Song, Jin Hong, Xiaobing Sun, Mingchun Ling, Yuanzhen Zhang, Dapeng Kuang. Polarization Calibration Method for Simultaneous Imaging Polarimeter Based on Off-Axis Three-Mirror[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2018, 38(9): 0912005 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The simultaneous imaging polarimeter is a type of polarimetric remote sensors with high spatial resolution based on a large aperture off-axis three-mirror system, and the system adopts simultaneous polarimetric measurement based on the prism to divided amplitude. As the instrument has many polarizers and their characteristics are complex, the measurement matrix of instrument deviates from the ideal value. In order to ensure the polarization measurement accuracy of the instrument, we need an effective polarization calibration method. In this paper, a calibration method using the standard liner polarization light source and circular polarization light source is proposed for amplitude-divided simultaneous imaging polarimeter. The linear polarization calibration source calibrates the first three columns of the instrument measurement matrix. The calibration coefficients are obtained by the least-squares fitting Fourier coefficient. The circular polarization calibration source calibrates the fourth column of the instrument measurement matrix. To eliminate non-ideality of the circular polarization state of the light source, two measurements with light source rotated 90°are averaged. Finally, the polarization measurement accuracy of the simultaneous imaging polarimeter is verified by the test. The results show that the polarization measurement accuracy after calibration is better than 1%(P≤0.3).
    Fei Tao, Maoxin Song, Jin Hong, Xiaobing Sun, Mingchun Ling, Yuanzhen Zhang, Dapeng Kuang. Polarization Calibration Method for Simultaneous Imaging Polarimeter Based on Off-Axis Three-Mirror[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2018, 38(9): 0912005
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