Measurement of the Stokes parameters of light

H. G. Berry; G. Gabrielse; A. E. Livingston

doi:10.1364/AO.16.003200

Measurement of the Stokes parameters of light

H. G. Berry, G. Gabrielse, A. E. Livingston

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We describe a measuring system for determining the state of polarization of a beam of light in terms of its Stokes parameters. The technique which can be fully automated incorporates a monochromator and single photon counting detection and can thus be applied over a large wavelength range for very weak optical signals. Fourier transformation of the data by an on-line minicomputer allows immediate calculation of the Stokes parameters. We discuss special applications to light emitted from excited atomic systems with and without cylindrical symmetry.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3200-3205
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied optics
Volume	16
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.16.003200
State	Published - Dec 1977

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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