Analysis Of Spatial Pseudodepolarizers In Imaging Systems

James P. McGuire Jr.; Russell A. Chipman

doi:10.1117/12.962882

25 January 1990 Analysis Of Spatial Pseudodepolarizers In Imaging Systems

James P. McGuire Jr., Russell A. Chipman

Proceedings Volume 1166, Polarization Considerations for Optical Systems II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962882
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The objective of a number of optical instruments is to measure the intensity accurately without bias to incident polarization state. One method to overcome polarization bias in optical systems is the insertion of a spatial pseudodepolarizer. Both the degree of pseudodepolarization and image degradation (from the polarization aberrations of the pseudodepolarizer) are analyzed for two depolarizer designs: the Cornu pseudodepolarizer effective for linearly polarized light and the dual Babinet compensator pseudodepolarizer effective for all incident polarization states. The image analysis uses the matrix formalism presented in a previous paper ("Diffraction image formation and analysis in optical systems with polarization aberrations I: Formulation and example") to describe the polarization dependence of the the diffraction patterns and optical transfer function.

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James P. McGuire Jr. and Russell A. Chipman "Analysis Of Spatial Pseudodepolarizers In Imaging Systems", Proc. SPIE 1166, Polarization Considerations for Optical Systems II, (25 January 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962882

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