A novel method for the wavelength-scanning interferometry is developed by use of the channeled spectroscopic
polarization state generator (CSPSG), consisting of a polarizer and two high-order birefringent retarders, and
the polarimetric common-path cyclical interferometer. This method has a feature that it is almost immune to the
vibrational perturbations because the unbalanced path differences are introduced by the high-order birefringent
retarders in the CSPSG. In addition, the fluctuation of the CSPSG due to the temperature change can be
compensated in parallel to the phase distribution measurement of the sample, based on the self-calibration
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Citation
Kazuhiko Oka and Takahiro Kinoshita
"Wavelength-scanning polarimetric interferometry using channeled spectroscopic polarization state generator", Proc. SPIE 8493, Interferometry XVI: Techniques and Analysis, 849309 (September 13, 2012); doi:10.1117/12.929724; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.929724
