Spectropolarimetric measurement based on a fast-axis-adjustable photoelastic modulator

Rui Zhang; Zhibin Wang; Kewu Li; Yuanyuan Chen; Ning Jing; Ya Qiao; Kunyang Xie

doi:10.1364/AO.58.000325

Applied Optics
Vol. 58,
Issue 2,
pp. 325-332
(2019)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.000325

Spectropolarimetric measurement based on a fast-axis-adjustable photoelastic modulator

Rui Zhang, Zhibin Wang, Kewu Li, Yuanyuan Chen, Ning Jing, Ya Qiao, and Kunyang Xie

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Rui Zhang, Zhibin Wang, Kewu Li, Yuanyuan Chen, Ning Jing, Ya Qiao, and Kunyang Xie, "Spectropolarimetric measurement based on a fast-axis-adjustable photoelastic modulator," Appl. Opt. 58, 325-332 (2019)

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Abstract

A fast-axis-adjustable photoelastic modulator (Faa-PEM) is developed and studied, and a spectropolarimetric imaging method using the Faa-PEM and an acousto-optic tunable filter is presented. The Faa-PEM modulation retardation amplitude and fast-axis direction of the Faa-PEM can be adjusted by adjusting the two drives with no mechanical rotation. The $I$ , $Q$ , and $U$ of the Stokes parameters of the incident light can be obtained by adjusting the retardation amplitude and fast-axis direction of the Faa-PEM. This measurement method does not require high-frequency components, and thus a general area array detector can realize the measurement. Theoretical simulation analyses show that the relative errors $Δ I / I$ , $Δ Q / Q$ , $Δ U / U$ , and $Δ D o L P / D o L P$ are less than 5.6% and that the deviation error $Δ A o L P$ is less than 0.2° (at $I = 1.00$ , $Q = 0.707$ , $U = 0.707$ , $V = 0.0$ , $- 0.1 ° \leq Δ θ_{0} \leq 0.1 °$ , and $- 0.05 rad \leq Δ δ_{0} \leq 0.05 rad$ ). A prototype was developed and tested. The test results show that the average absolute relative error of the degree of linear polarization is 0.36%, and the average absolute deviation error of the angle of linear polarization is 0.048°. The method has potential application value in spectropolarimetric imaging technology.

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Wavelength $λ / nm$	G-T Polarizer Direction	Theoretical Value			Experimental Result			$\frac{Δ D o L P}{D o L P}$	$\| Δ A o L P \|$
Wavelength $λ / nm$	G-T Polarizer Direction	$q$ , $u$	$D o L P$	$A o L P$	$q^{'}$ , $u^{'}$	$D o L P^{'}$	$A o L P^{'}$	$\frac{Δ D o L P}{D o L P}$	$\| Δ A o L P \|$
450	0°	$q = 1.000$ , $u = 0.000$	1.00	0°	$q^{'} = 0.992$ , $u^{'} = 0.002$	0.992	0.07°	0.8%	0.07°
	22.5°	$q = 0.707$ , $u = 0.707$	1.00	22.5°	$q^{'} = 0.707$ , $u^{'} = 0.710$	1.002	22.56°	0.2%	0.06°
	45°	$q = 0.000$ , $u = 1.000$	1.00	45°	$q^{'} = 0.003$ , $u^{'} = 0.994$	0.994	44.90°	0.6%	0.10°
	90°	$q = - 1.000$ , $u = 0.000$	1.00	90°	$q^{'} = - 0.997$ , $u^{'} = 0.003$	0.997	89.91°	0.3%	0.09°
650	30°	$q = 0.500$ , $u = 0.866$	1.00	30°	$q^{'} = 0.503$ , $u^{'} = 0.868$	1.00	29.95°	0.0%	0.05°
	60°	$q = - 0.500$ , $u = 0.866$	1.00	60°	$q^{'} = - 0.492$ , $u^{'} = 0.860$	0.991	59.89°	0.9%	0.11°
	120°	$q = - 0.500$ , $u = - 0.866$	1.00	120°	$q^{'} = - 0.504$ , $u^{'} = - 0.875$	1.010	120.04°	1.0%	0.04°
	150°	$q = 0.500$ , $u = - 0.866$	1.00	150°	$q^{'} = 0.501$ , $u^{'} = - 0.864$	0.999	150.06°	0.1%	0.06°
750	40°	$q = 0.174$ , $u = 0.985$	1.00	40°	$q^{'} = 0.170$ , $u^{'} = 0.978$	0.993	40.08°	0.7%	0.08°
	70°	$q = - 0.766$ , $u = 0.643$	1.00	70°	$q^{'} = - 0.759$ , $u^{'} = 0.635$	0.990	70.04°	1.0%	0.04°
	100°	$q = - 0.940$ , $u = - 0.342$	1.00	100°	$q^{'} = - 0.938$ , $u^{'} = - 0.338$	0.997	99.91°	0.3%	0.09°
	130°	$q = - 0.174$ , $u = - 0.985$	1.00	130°	$q^{'} = - 0.175$ , $u^{'} = - 0.974$	0.990	129.92°	1.0%	0.08°

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