Interferometric measurement of the degree of polarization and control of the contrast of intensity fluctuations. Academic Article

abstract

• We introduce a technique for determining the polarimetric characteristics of light by measuring the contrast of the intensity fluctuations in an interferometric setup. The method permits simultaneous measurement of the degree of polarization and of the second normalized Stokes component, which is related to the ellipsometric parameters azimuth and ellipticity, based on only two measurements. We also show that by using. phase modulation we can increase the signal-to-noise ratio as much as 40% under certain conditions.

authors

• Agarwal, Girish

published proceedings

• Opt Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Mujat, M., Dogariu, A., & Agarwal, G. S.

citation count

• 26

complete list of authors

• Mujat, Mircea||Dogariu, Aristide||Agarwal, Girish S

publication date

• July 2004

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Letters  Journal

keywords

• 0299 Other Physical Sciences

PubMed Central ID

• 15259739

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/ol.29.001539

start page

• 1539

end page

• 1541

volume

• 29

issue

• 13

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.29.001539