Abstract
A novel method for rapid polarization measurement is suggested. The method
is based on a periodic space-variant polarizer that can be realized by use
of subwavelength metal-stripe gratings. The Stokes parameters of the incident
beam are determined by Fourier analysis of the space-variant intensity transmitted
through the grating, thus permitting real-time polarization measurement. We
discuss the design and realization of such polarizers and demonstrate our
technique with polarization measurements of -laser radiation at a wavelength of .
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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