Static Stokes Ellipsometer: General Analysis and Optimization
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Modern Optics
- Vol. 38 (5) , 889-896
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09500349114550871
Abstract
The static Stokes ellipsometer is analysed for the simultaneous measurements of all four Stokes parameters of fully or partially polarized light. The instrument matrix, which relates the output signal vector to the input Stokes vector is given explicitly. The procedure for the calibration of the ellipsometer to obtain experimentally the instrument matrix and the technique for the optimization and reduction of experimental errors of calibration is presented as well.Keywords
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