Application of a two Wollaston prisms based polarimeter for measurements of optical properties of micro-objects

Piotr Kurzynowski; Monika Borwińska; Bogusława Dubik

doi:10.1117/12.822368

20 November 2008 Application of a two Wollaston prisms based polarimeter for measurements of optical properties of micro-objects

Piotr Kurzynowski, Monika Borwińska, Bogusława Dubik

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Proceedings Volume 7141, 16th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics; 71410N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.822368
Event: 16th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 2008, Polanica Zdroj, Poland

Abstract

The present work shows a simple polariscopic module which enables measurements of optical properties of objects with the micrometer order dimensions. The main part of this setup consists of polarizing elements - polarizers and Wollaston prisms. The waves generating the vortex lattice leaving the polariscopic module are inclined to each other and they constitute a four-point scanning system in the focal plane of the objective. Having measured the lattice shift or/and deformation, one can determine object's different properties. The setup can work in both the transmission and reflection mode. In the paper the theoretical background, numerical simulations and experimental results are presented.

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Piotr Kurzynowski, Monika Borwińska, and Bogusława Dubik "Application of a two Wollaston prisms based polarimeter for measurements of optical properties of micro-objects", Proc. SPIE 7141, 16th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 71410N (20 November 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.822368

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