Polarization Signature Research

Abstract

Documentation of work in Mueller matrix spectropolarimetry, Mueller matrix laser polarimetry, and near infrared imaging polarimetry is presented. Spectropolarimetric reflectometer instrumentation is described, and measurements made with this instrumentation on Spectralon and Federal Standard paint samples are given. Laser polarimeter measurements on sapphire and quartz plates with small birefringence are discussed. Results from an imaging near infrared rotating retarder Stokes polarimeter are presented.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA411012

Entities

People

  • Dennis H. Goldstein

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Detectors
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Optical Instruments
  • Optical Materials
  • Optics
  • Polarimeters
  • Polarimetry
  • Polarization
  • Polarizers
  • Reflectometers
  • Scattering
  • Standards
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveplates

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy