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PURPOSE: An ultra high-speed spectroscopic ellipsometer is provided to improve productivity and quality of articles, such as semiconductor devices and flat-type image display devices, by furnishing spectroscopic ellipse data within a few milli-minute time periods. CONSTITUTION: An ultra high-speed spectroscopic ellipsometer includes a light source(100) for generating white light. A first collimation section(200) receives white light from the light source(100). White light introduced into the first collimation section(200) is incident into a polarization state generator, which polarizes white light. Then, polarized light is incident into a sample(110). The sample(110) reflects polarized light by converting a polarization state of polarized light. Polarized light reflected from the sample(110) is incident into a second collimation section, which converts polarized light into parallel light. A DOAP(400) is provided to polarize parallel light in a stokes vector state. A spectrograph/PDA(500) is provided to measure a quantity of polarized light.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A device and a method for analyzing polarization are provided to provide a compact and inexpensive polarizing analysis device and to accurately measure in a wide wave range without previously knowing an amount of phase delay. CONSTITUTION: A device for analyzing polarization includes a phase delay plate(300), a polarizer(310), a detecting part(320) and a signal processing unit(330). The phase delay plate delays phase between polarizing elements of incident light of a rapid axis and a slow axis, and at the same time, rotates in a first fixed speed. The polarizer changes a polarized condition of light passing the phase delay plate and rotates in a second fixed speed. The detecting part detects strength of light passing the polarizer. The signal processing unit extracts frequency elements of electric signal of the detected light and detects a polarized condition of the incident light.
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PURPOSE: A device and a method for measuring an optical signal-to-noise ratio are provided to measure a Stokes' parameter of an output light of an optical amplifier, so as to measure the optical signal-to-noise ratio. CONSTITUTION: A band pass optical variable filter(701) passes an output light coincident with a transmission wavelength, if the output light of an optical amplifier is inputted. A 1-by-4 optical divider(702) divides the light passed the band pass optical variable filter(701) into four. Stokes parameter measuring units(703,704,705,706,707) calculates the Stokes' parameters which are S0,S1,S2 and S3 from the divided four light. An optical light strength measuring unit measures the strength of polarized components among output light of the optical amplifier from the Stokes' parameters of S0,S1,S2 and S3. A noise strength measuring unit calculates the noise strength included in the output light of the optical amplifier by using the Stokes' parameter of S0 and the strength of the optical signal. A dividing unit(721) calculates an optical signal strength-to-noise strength ratio for a transmission wavelength, by using the optical signal strength and the noise strength. The optical signal strength-to-noise strength ratios in each wavelength are measured while varying the transmission wavelength of the band pass optical variable filter(701). A peak of the measured strength-to-noise strength ratios is searched, and set up as an optical signal-to-noise ratio.
Abstract:
Polarized pixelated filter sub-array is reconfigured to reduce sensitivity to misalignment. The condition number increases more slowly than the standard polarized pixelated filter sub-array as the misalignment increases. In different embodiments, the filter sub-array is configured such that the condition number has a finite bound at ½ pixel misalignment. The angular values of the polarizer filter array are determined to minimize the sensitivity of the condition number of the data reduction matrix to misalignment. This can be achieved by selecting angular values that minimize the expected value of the condition number E(CN) over the range of misalignment.
Abstract:
A depth map generation unit 22 generates a depth map that generates the depth map from images obtained by picking up a subject at a plurality of viewpoint positions by an image pickup unit 21. On the basis of the depth map generated by the depth map generation unit 22, an alignment unit 23 aligns polarized images obtained by the image pickup unit 21 picking up the subject at the plurality of viewpoint positions through polarizing filters in different polarization directions at the different viewpoint positions. A polarization characteristic acquisition unit 24 acquires a polarization characteristic of the subject from a desired viewpoint position by using the polarized images aligned by the alignment unit 23 to obtain the high-precision polarization characteristic with little degradation in temporal resolution and spatial resolution. It becomes possible to acquire the polarization characteristic of the subject at the desired viewpoint position.
Abstract:
An apparatus and system for use in determining location of a celestial body are presented. The apparatus comprises: a polarizer comprising an array of polarized light filter cells and a light sensor array. The array of polarized light filter cells comprises at least a first polarization direction and a second polarization direction different from said first polarization direction. And the polarizer thereby produces polarized light of at least first and second different polarizations. The light sensor array is configured to receive the polarized light from the polarizer and produce data indicative of a pattern of at least one of light polarization intensity and direction. The pattern is indicative of at least one of azimuth and elevation of the celestial body to be located.
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The invention pertains to an aerosol detector system for spatially resolved detection of an aerosol distribution in an area, comprising: a wide field polarization preserving telescope having telecentric imaging optics for imaging the earth surface onto a detector; said detector receiving phase stepped images imaged by said telescope; and a controller coupled to the detector, arranged to provide a resulting image as a function of corresponding pixel values of the multiple images to produce an image at a spatially resolved polarization state corresponding to said aerosol substance; wherein the telescope comprises a first telecentric imaging lens group and a wavelength filter positioned in a field image of the first telescope telecentric beam to define a spectral range of interest; the telescope further comprising: a converging lens group converging the beam to a pupil stop; relay optics including a second telecentric imaging lens group arranged to generate a telecentric beam; and splitter optics, comprising a polarization splitter for the selected wavelength range to split the telecentric beam into polarized beams; a further splitter; and a retarder to create multiple phase stepped images at different polarizations, the detector comprising multiple image sensors positioned in imaging planes after the splitter optics, and said polarization splitter, further splitter and retarder positioned in the telecentric beam of the second telecentric imaging lens group.
Abstract:
A camera for polarimetric, multispectral imaging is described. Such cameras are used in photonics, computational imaging and multispectral imaging in which both multispectral and polarimetric sensing modalities are used simultaneously for detection, recognition and identification. The camera enables multiple spectral images to be recorded simultaneously using polarising beamsplitters and mirrors to divide the image according polarimetric and spectral bands. These multiple, polarised images are recorded on a single focal plane array (FPA) simultaneously. An image processor allows for the resolution of the subsequent image to be improved.
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In this electric field vector detection method, an electro-optic crystal (3), where a (111) surface (3a)of an optical isotropic medium is cut out, is used as a terahertz wave detection element (3). The method includes: causing polarization of probe light (La) of ultrashort pulsed light to be circular polarization (2); allowing the probe light (La) having circular polarization to enter the terahertz wave detection element (3) and probing the terahertz wave (T); modulating the probe light, having probed the terahertz wave, by a rotating analyzer (9) and detecting the modulated probe light by a photodetector (4, 4A); performing lock-in detection of a detection signal from the photodetector by a lock-in detector using a frequency based on a rotational frequency of the rotating analyzer (9) as a reference signal; and detecting an electric field vector of the terahertz wave (T) based on a detection signal from the lock-in detector.