標題: Compact motorized circular wheel of polarization optics for ultra-broadband polarization state generation
作者: Weng, Chun-Jen
Liu, Da-Ren
Hsu, Ken-Yuh
Chen, Yung-Fu
光電工程學系
Department of Photonics
關鍵字: circular dichroism;linear dichroism;circular wheel;polarimetric microspectrophotometer;polarization state generation;ultra-broadband
公開日期: 2012
摘要: This study proposes an innovative optical mechanism with a miniature motorized circular wheel for polarization optics for an ultra-broadband polarization state generator. The proposed apparatus can be suitable for a polarimetric microspectrophotometer for measurements of micro optics and metamaterials with circular dichroism and linear dichroism. Different types of micro optics have their own wavelength dependence, meaning different curves in the broadband range of light. This study presents an ultra-broadband platform for measuring and identifying micro optics such as chiral metamaterials, plasmonics, micro polarizers, and patterned retarders. The key component of a polarimetric microspectrophotometer is a polarization state generator (PSG). A simple PSG consists of a polarizer and a waveplate. An arbitrary polarization state can be created by rotating either the polarizer or the waveplate. Sheet polarizers and achromatic waveplates have a limited bandwidth range. For the ultra-broadband measurement range of 400 nm to 1700 nm, the PSG needs at least three sheet polarizers and three achromatic waveplates: 400 nm-700 nm, 700 nm-1000 nm, and 1000 nm-1700 nm. This optical mechanism, which consists of only one control motor and two high precision unidirectional bearings, includes several polarizers and waveplates arranged in a matrix on a circular wheel. This apparatus can shift one of the polarizers and waveplates to a predetermined position and rotate all the polarizers to change the polarization status. An ultra-broadband polarimetric microspectrophotometer with a compact motorized wheel is an advanced polarization optical instrument for research on chiral metamaterials, plasmonics, micro polarization optics, green optics, and bio optics.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11536/20758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.928927
ISBN: 978-0-8194-9204-3
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.928927
期刊: NOVEL OPTICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION XV
Volume: 8487
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