Abstract

A photoelectric skylight polarimeter to measure directly the Stokes parameters for plane polarized light is described. The basic principle of the instrument consists in the simultaneous measurement of the intensity of light (in the chosen spectral region) transmitted by polarizers oriented in four specific directions. The main features and performance characteristics of the instrument are briefly discussed.

© 1966 Optical Society of America

Errata: A Photoelectric Skylight Polarimeter

T. A. Hariharan and Z. Sekera
Appl. Opt. 5(12) 1882-1882 (1966)

Photoelectric Polarimeter Attachment

Hellmuth Rudolph
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 45(1) 50-59 (1955)

Studies of Skylight Polarization*†‡

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A High Time Resolution Polarimeter for Laser Analysis

Sun Lu and T. A. Rabson
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A Photoelectric Polarimeter for Measurement of Transient Rotations*

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