Title :
Space-variant polarization manipulation for polarimetric measurement by use of subwavelength gratings
Author :
Biener, Gabriel ; Niv, Avi ; Gorodetski, Yuri ; Kleiner, Vladimir ; Hasman, Erez
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Mech. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We present two unique methods for real-time polarization measurement. These methods are based on measurement and analysis of either the near-field or the far-field of a beam emerging from a discrete space-variant subwavelength dielectric gratings.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; light polarisation; polarimetry; dielectric gratings; far-field beam; near-field beam; polarimetric measurement; real-time polarization measurement; space-variant polarization manipulation; subwavelength gratings; Biomedical optical imaging; Dielectric measurements; Ellipsometry; Gratings; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Polarimetry;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202266
