Compact snapshot polarimetry camera
US8368889B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 11, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B15/00
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An imaging polarimeter optics unit comprising: a first polarization-sensitive beam-splitter optic, a retarder, a second polarization-sensitive beam-splitter optic, and an analyzer, through which input light passes in sequence, wherein the retarder and polarization-sensitive beam-splitters cause the input light to have optical components that provide different information about the state of polarization of the input beam is provided.
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