Stokes polarimeter using vector diffractive optical elements

Soria García, Ángela; Del Hoyo Muñoz, Jesús; Sánchez Brea, Luis Miguel; Pastor Villarrubia, Verónica; González Fernández, Verónica; Elshorbagy, Mahmoud H.; Alda Serrano, Javier

Stokes polarimeter using vector diffractive optical elements

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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2664854

Publication date

2023

Authors

Soria García, Ángela

Del Hoyo Muñoz, Jesús

Sánchez Brea, Luis Miguel

Pastor Villarrubia, Verónica

González Fernández, Verónica

Elshorbagy, Mahmoud H.

Alda Serrano, Javier

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88089

Abstract

We designed, fabricated and tested a Vector Diffractive Optical Element (VDOE) to simultaneously determine the Stokes vector of light. It comprises several sectors. Each one is a vector Fresnel zone plate which focuses the light on separate foci and has different polarization properties. The polarization state is calculated from their intensities. From simulations, we could identify the error sources that were analytically removed. The residual uncertainty after applying our corrections was as low as 6x10^(-5). The uncertainty obtained for our fabricated VDOE, 3.33 %, is competitive with the results from state-of-the-art techniques.