Fast full 4x4 Mueller polarimeter for endoscopic applications

Sylvain Rivet; Adrian Bradu; Adrian Podoleanu

doi:10.1117/12.2209418

18 March 2016 Fast full 4x4 Mueller polarimeter for endoscopic applications

Sylvain Rivet, Adrian Bradu, Adrian Podoleanu

Proceedings Volume 9700, Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies IX; 970014 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209418
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

A new set-up is proposed to measure the full polarimetric properties of a sample through an optical fiber, paving the way to full-Mueller endoscopic imaging. The technique combines a channeled spectrum polarimeter and an interferometer. This permits high-speed measurement of two Mueller matrices simultaneoulsy. The first matrix characterizes only the fiber while the second characterizes both fiber and sample. The instrument is validated on vacuum, a quarter-wave plate and a linear polarizer for single-point measurements. Insensitivity of the polarimetric measurement to fiber disturbances is proven while manipulating the fiber.

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Sylvain Rivet, Adrian Bradu, and Adrian Podoleanu "Fast full 4x4 Mueller polarimeter for endoscopic applications", Proc. SPIE 9700, Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies IX, 970014 (18 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209418

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