Bibliography
We have included downloadable files of a few of our papers describing polarimetry and polarization measurements. See the bottom of this page for a more complete bibliography of our work.
J.L. Pezzaniti and R.A. Chipman, Optics Letters, vol 18,
no. 18, pp. 1567-1569 (Sept. 15, 1993).
Mueller matrix measurements of liquid-crystal TVs as a function of voltage show how the eigenpolarizations vary as a function of voltage. For a particular elliptical polarization state phase-only modulation is maximized with a minimum of amplitude modulation.
Depolarization in
liquid crystal TV's
(download PDF)
J.L.
Mueller matrix studies show that the pixels in Liquid-Crystal TVs can depolarize a surprising amount, as much as 10%.
A. Lompado,
Mueller matrix spectropolarimeter studies show that sheet polarizer is actually a good retarder in the mid infrared.
List of Polarization-Related Papers
Optimization of a dual-rotating-retarder Mueller
matrix polarimeter, M. H. Smith, Applied Optics 41(13), 2488-2493
(2002).
Measurement of the complex refractive index of
isotropic materials using Mueller matrix polarimetry, L. L. Deibler, M. H.
Smith, Applied Optics 40(22), 3659-3667 (2001).
Polarimetric images of a
cone, P. Y. Gerligand, M. H. Smith, R. A. Chipman, Optics Express 4(10),
420-430 (1999).
Comparison of different PMD
compensator configurations based on outage probability, M. H. Smith, R. A.
Chipman, in OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (TOPS) Vol. 70, Optical Fiber
Communication Conference, Technical Digest, Postconference Edition, (Optical
Society of America, Washington DC, 2002) pp. 233-234.
Characterizing polarization
controllers with Mueller matrix polarimetry, J. Drewes, R. Chipman, M H. Smith,
in Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communication, A. Dutta,
A. Awwal, N. K. Dutta, K. Okamoto, eds., Proceedings SPIE Vol 4532 (2001).
Interpreting Mueller matrix
images of tissues, M. H. Smith, in Laser-Tissue Interaction XII, D.
Duncan, S. Jacques, P. Johnson, eds., Proceedings SPIE Vol. 4257, 82-89 (2001).
Measurement of the
tranmission and reflection Mueller matrices of a thin blood column, A. Lompado,
M. H. Smith, V. Krishnaswamy, in Optical Diagnostics and Sensing of
Biological Fluids and Glucose and Cholesterol Monitoring, A. Priezzhev, G.
Cote, eds., Proceedings SPIE Vol. 4263, 161-169 (2001).
Infrared Stokes Polarimeter
Calibration, M. H. Smith, J. D. Howe, M. A. Miller, R. V. Blumer, M. A. Stevens,
D. M. Teale, in Polarization: Measurement, Analysis, and Remote Sensing II,
D. H. Goldstein, D. B. Chenault, eds., Proceedings SPIE Vol. 4133, 55-64 (2000).
Multispectral infrared Stokes
imaging polarimeter, M. H. Smith, J. D. Howe, J. B. Woodruff, M. A. Miller, G.
R. Ax, T. E. Petty, E. A. Sornsin, in Polarization: Measurement, Analysis,
and Remote Sensing II, D. H. Goldstein, D. B. Chenault, eds., Proceedings
of SPIE Vol. 3754, 137-143 (1999 ).
Beam
Wander Considerations in Imaging Polarimetry, M.. H. Smith, J. B. Woodruff, J.
D. Howe, in Polarization: Measurement, Analysis, and Remote Sensing II,
D. H. Goldstein, D. B. Chenault, eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol.
3754, 50-54 (1999 ).
A real-time Stokes vector
imaging polarimeter, A. Lompdo, M. H. Smith, R. A. Chipman, Optical Soc. Am.,
Annual Meeting (1998).
Mueller matrix imaging of GaAs/AlGaAs
self-imaging beamsplitting waveguides, M. H. Smith, E. A. Sornsin, R. A.
Chipman, T. J. Tayag, in Polarization Measurement, Analysis, and Remote
Sensing, Proc. SPIE 3121, (1997).
HN22
sheet
polarizer, an inexpensive infrared retarder, A. Lompado, E. Sornsin, and R.
Chipman, Applied Optics, Vol. 36, No.
22, pp 5396-5402 (August 1, 1997).
An
interpretation of Mueller matrices based upon the polar decomposition, S.Y. Lu,
R.A. Chipman, Journal of the Optical
Society of America A , vol. 13, no. 5, pp.1- 8 (May 1, 1995).
Mueller
matrix imaging polarimetry, J.L. Pezzaniti and R.A. Chipman, Optical
Engineering, vol. 34, no. 6, pp.
1558 (June 1, 1995).
Mueller matrix scatter polarimetry of a diamond turned mirror, J.L. Pezzaniti and R.A. Chipman, Optical Engineering, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1593-1598 (June 1, 1995).
Polarization errors associated with
birefringent waveplates, E. A. West, M. H. Smith, Optical Engineering
34(6), 1574-1580 (1995).
Linear
polarization uniformity measurements taken with an imaging polarimeter, J.L.
Pezzaniti, R.A. Chipman and S.C. McClain, Optical
Engineering, vol 34, no. 6, pp. 1569-1573 (June 1, 1995).
The
mechanics of polarization ray tracing, R.A. Chipman, Optical Engineering, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1636‑1645 (June 1,
1995).
Depolarization
measurements of an integrating sphere, S.C. McClain, C.L. Bartlett, J.L.
Pezzaniti, and R.A. Chipman, Applied
Optics, vol. 34, no. 1, pp.
152‑154. (January 1, 1995).
Electro-optic
coefficient spectrum of cadmium telluride, D.B. Chenault and R.A. Chipman, and
S.Y. Lu, Applied Optics, vol. 33, no.
31, pp. 7382-7389 (November 1, 1994).
Polarization
aberrations II: Tilted and decentered optical systems, J.P. McGuire, Jr., R.A.
Chipman, Applied Optics, vol. 33, no.
2, pp. 5101-5107 (August 1, 1994).
Polarization
aberrations I: Rotationally symmetric optical systems,
J.P. McGuire, Jr., R.A. Chipman, Applied
Optics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 5080-5100 (August 1, 1994).
Cascading
polarization beam splitters in imaging systems, J.L. Pezzaniti and R.A. Chipman,
Optical Engineering, vol. 33, no. 5,
pp. 1543-1549 (May, 1994).
Angular
dependence of polarizing beam splitter cubes, J.L. Pezzaniti and R.A. Chipman, Applied
Optics, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 1916-1929 (April 1, 1994).
Coating-induced
wave-front aberrations: On-axis astigmatism and chromatic aberration in all-reflecting
systems, D.J. Reiley and R.A.
Chipman, Applied Optics,
vol. 33,no. 10, pp. 2002‑2012 (April 1, 1994).
Homogeneous
and inhomogeneous Jones matrices, S.Y. Lu and R.A. Chipman, Journal
of the Optical Society of America, A, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 766-773 (Feb.
1994).
Phase‑only
modulation of a twisted nematic liquid‑crystal TV by the use of eigen
polarizations, J.L. Pezzaniti and R.A. Chipman, Optics Letters, vol 18, no. 18, pp. 1567-1569 (Sept. 15, 1993).
Infrared
birefringence spectra for cadmium sulfide and cadmium selenide, D.B. Chenault
and R.A. Chipman, Applied Optics.,
vol. 32, pp. 4223-4227 (1 Aug. 1993).
Depolarization
in liquid crystal TV's, J.L. Pezzaniti, S.C. McClain, R.A. Chipman, and S.Y. Lu,
Optics Letters, vol. 18, pp. 2071-2073
(Dec. 1993).
Polarization
ray tracing in anisotropic optically active media I, algorithms, S.C. McClain, L.W. Hillman, R.A. Chipman, Applied
Optics vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 2371-2382 (Nov. 1993).
Polarization
ray tracing in anisotropic optically active media II, theory and physics, S.C.
McClain, R.A. Chipman, Applied Optics,
vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 2383-2393 (Nov. 1993).
Measurements
of linear diattenuation and linear retardance spectra with a rotating sample
spectropolarimeter, D.B. Chenault and R.A. Chipman, Applied Optics., vol. 32, no. 19, pp. 3513-3519, (July 1993).
Erratum: vol. 33 no. 7, pg. 1145 (1 Mar. 1994).
Aberrations
of the horizontal-vertical depolarizer, S.C. McClain, R.A. Chipman, and L.W.
Hillman, Applied Optics, vol. 31, pp.
2326-2331 (May 1992).
Polarization
analysis of the AXAF telescope assembly, R.A. Chipman, D.M. Brown, and J.P.
McGuire, Jr., Applied Optics, vol. 31,
pp. 2301-2313 (May 1992). Errata, Applied Optics, vol. 32, pp. 4236-4237
(Aug. 1993).
Distortion-adjusting
optical elements, D.J. Reiley and R.A. Chipman, Applied Optics, vol. 31, pp. 2188-2193 (May 1992).
Infrared
linear diattenuation and retardance spectra of ferroelectric liquid crystals,
D.B. Chenault, R.A. Chipman, K.M. Johnson, D. Doroski, Optics Letters, vol. 17, pp. 447-449 (March 1992).
Diffraction
image formation in optical systems with polarization aberrations II: Amplitude
response matrices for rotationally symmetric systems, J.P. McGuire, Jr., R.A.
Chipman, Journal of the Optical Society in
America A, vol. 8, pp. 833-840 (June 1991).
Polarization
aberration effects propagated in optical systems, J. Shamir and R.A. Chipman, Journal
of Modern Optics., vol. 38, pp. 327-347 (1991).
Polarization
ray tracing in birefringent media, J.D. Trolinger, Jr., R.A. Chipman, D.K.
Wilson, Optical Engineering, vol. 30,
no. 4, pp. 461-466 (April 1991).
Analysis
of spatial pseudodepolarizers in imaging systems, J.P. McGuire, Jr., R.A.
Chipman, Optical Engineering, vol. 29,
no. 12, pp. 1478-1484 (December 1990). Reprinted in "Selected Papers on
Applications of Polarized Light", B.H. Billings, ed., SPIE Milestone
Series, pp. 206-212, (1992).
Diffraction
image formation in optical systems with polarization aberrations I: Formulation
and example, J.P. McGuire, Jr. and R.A. Chipman, Journal of the optical Society of America A., vol. 7, no. 9, pp.
1614-1626 (September 1990).
Error
analysis of a Mueller matrix polarimeter, D.H. Goldstein, R.A. Chipman,
Journal of Optical Society of
America A., vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 693-700
(April 1990).
Infrared
spectropolarimetry, D.H. Goldstein, R.A. Chipman, D.B. Chenault, Optical
Engineering, vol. 28, pp. 120-125, (February, 1989).
Polarization
analysis of optical systems, R.A. Chipman,
Optical Engineering, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 90-99 (February, 1989).
Polarization
aberration diagrams, R.A. Chipman and L.J. Chipman, Optical Engineering, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 100-106 February, 1989).
Polarization
aberrations in the solar activity measurements experiments (SAMEX) solar vector
magnetograph, J.P. McGuire and R A. Chipman, Optical Engineering, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 141-147 (February, 1989).