Single shot diattenuation imaging by circular polarization orthogonality breaking

Autor: Noe Ortega-Quijano, Emmanuel Schaub, Julien Fade, François Parnet, Mehdi Alouini
Přispěvatelé: Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing VII
SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing VII, Aug 2015, San Diego, United States. pp.961303, ⟨10.1117/12.2188569⟩
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.2188569
Popis: A novel technique is proposed to unambiguously determine the magnitude and orientation of linear dichroism. It relies on the use of a dual-frequency dual-polarization coherent source emitting two orthogonal circularly polarized modes at the output. The interaction of such beam with dichroic media is shown to give rise to a beatnote signal in the radiofrequency range. The amplitude and phase of such beatnote makes it possible to fully determine the magnitude and orientation angle of the diattenuation. We also report the application of this method to polarimetric imaging, with promising perspectives in biomedical imaging. Indeed, it provides a direct characterization of dichroic sample orientation, showing uniform estimated dichroism magnitude, whatever the orientation of the sample.
Databáze: OpenAIRE