Measuring the Stokes polarization parameters
Measuring the Stokes polarization parameters
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DOI：
10.1119/1.2386162
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发表时间：
2007-02-01
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0.9
通讯作者：
Fraher, Beth
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作者：
Schaefer, Beth;Collett, Edward;Fraher, Beth
讨论了表示偏振光的Stokes公式以及确定Stokes偏振参数的经典测量方法。注意到该方法的局限性，我们考虑旋转四分之一波片法，它避免了经典方法的局限性，允许使用曲线拟合算法来确定Stokes参数。四分之一波片法因其精度和简单性而具有吸引力，并且可以在本科或研究生光学课程中以最少的设备实现。(C) 2007年美国物理教师协会。
The Stokes formulation for representing polarized light is discussed along with the classical measurement method for determining the Stokes polarization parameters. The limitations of this method are noted, and we consider the rotating quarter-waveplate method, which avoids the limitations of the classical method and allows a curve fitting algorithm to be used to determine the Stokes parameters. The quarter-waveplate method is attractive because of its accuracy and simplicity and can be implemented in an undergraduate or graduate optics course with a minimum amount of equipment. (C) 2007 American Association of Physics Teachers.