Variation of the Pauli matrices coefficients in a PCA system under non-desired effects for ellipsometric applications

Author

Cubián, D. Pereda ; Diego, J. L Arce ; Frey, R.

Author_Institution

Departamento TEISA, Cantabria Univ., Santander, Spain

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

188

Abstract

The theory of Pauli matrices decomposition is described and its application to the analysis of non-ideal devices, which display first-order effects like optical activity or dichroism, has been developed. The analysis is extended to a Polarizer-Compensator-Analyser (PCA) system for ellipsometric applications. This analysis shows that the presence of non-desired effects into the system produces a high influence on the birefringent and dichroical behaviour, represented by the coefficients of the decomposition.

Keywords

birefringence; dichroism; ellipsometry; matrix decomposition; optical polarisers; optical rotation; Pauli matrices coefficients variation; Pauli matrices decomposition; birefringent behaviour; dichroism; ellipsometric applications; first-order effects; optical activity; polarizer-compensator-analyser system; quaternions; Attenuation; Birefringence; Calculus; Matrix decomposition; Optical devices; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Phase measurement; Principal component analysis; Quaternions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fibre and Optical Passive Components, 2002. Proceedings of 2002 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7556-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FOPC.2002.1015824

Filename

1015824