Discrimination characteristics of a wire-grid polarizer for polarimetric detection of multiple polarized beams

Donghyun Kim; Seyoung Moon

doi:10.1117/12.699659

Discrimination characteristics of a wire-grid polarizer for polarimetric detection of multiple polarized beams

Donghyun Kim, Seyoung Moon

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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The presence of multiple polarized beams can limit the polarimetric discrimination capability of a wire-grid polarizer (WGP). In this study, the effect of linearly polarized background on the polarimetric performance of a WGP has been investigated and compared with that of a perfect polarizer. Simulation results based on rigorous coupled-wave analysis indicate that while a WGP mimics a perfect polarizer in discrimination characteristics, the range of the object polarization angle that can be discriminated against polarized background is fairly limited. The negative impact of Rayleigh anomaly is also discussed. The detectability of the object polarization can be strongly enhanced by employing a multi-cell WGP with multiple polarization orientations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XV
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699659
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XV - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: 2007 Jan 22 → 2007 Jan 25

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6468
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XV
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose, CA
Period	07/1/22 → 07/1/25

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Kim, D & Moon, S 2007, Discrimination characteristics of a wire-grid polarizer for polarimetric detection of multiple polarized beams. in Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XV., 64680Z, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 6468, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XV, San Jose, CA, United States, 07/1/22. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699659

Discrimination characteristics of a wire-grid polarizer for polarimetric detection of multiple polarized beams. / Kim, Donghyun; Moon, Seyoung.
Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XV. 2007. 64680Z (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6468).

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