Mueller Matrix Measurement of Off-Axis Three-Mirror Telescope Objective

Xinxin Zhao; Maoxin Song; Zhilong Xu; Dapeng Kuang; Guangfeng Xiang; Jin Hong

doi:10.3788/AOS221873

Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 12, 1212004(2023)

Mueller Matrix Measurement of Off-Axis Three-Mirror Telescope Objective

Xinxin Zhao^1,2,3、**, Maoxin Song^2,3、*, Zhilong Xu^2,3, Dapeng Kuang^2,3, Guangfeng Xiang^2,3, and Jin Hong^1,2,3、***

¹School of Environmental Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China

²Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China

³Key Laboratory of Optical Calibration and Characterization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China

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Fig. 1. Schematic of Mueller matrix dual-rotating retarder polarimeter

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Fig. 2. Diagram of system parameters calibration experiment device

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Fig. 3. Relationship of retardance and temperature fitted by linear least square method. (a) Waveplate 1; (b) waveplate 2

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Fig. 4. Schematic of off-axis three-mirror objective Mueller matrix measurement system

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Fig. 5. Diagram of objective Mueller matrix measurement device

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Fig. 6. $m_{12}$ and $m_{13}$ fitted by nonlinear least square method

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Fig. 7. When input 1001 Gaussian noise, variation of measurement error of polarization under the condition of $p$ =1.0, 0.8, 0.5, 0.3, 0.1. (a) Measurement error of $D_{p}$ ; (b) measurement error of $D_{l p}$ ; (c) measurement error of $D_{c p}$

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Table 1. Device parameters of measurement system

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Table 1. Device parameters of measurement system

Parameter	Value
Stability of light source /h	6×10^-4
Extinction ratio of Glan-Taylor prism and polarizer	> 10⁵
Accuracy of the rotator /（°）	0.005
Retardance accuracy of 1/4 achromatic waveplate @400-700 nm	λ/100
Linearity of detector /%	±0.5
Temperature measurement accuracy of PT100 sensor /℃	±0.1
Angular positioning accuracy of theodolite /（°）	0.005

Table 2. Measurement results of system parameters
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Table 2. Measurement results of system parameters
Parameter $ε_{3}$ /（°） $ε_{4}$ /（°） $ε_{5}$ /（°） $k_{1}$ /［（°）·℃^-1］ $k_{2}$ /［（°）·℃^-1］ $b_{1}$ /（°） $b_{2}$ /（°）
Value 0.2664 0.4858 0.4789 0.0862 0.0777 -4.1563 -4.9523

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Xinxin Zhao, Maoxin Song, Zhilong Xu, Dapeng Kuang, Guangfeng Xiang, Jin Hong. Mueller Matrix Measurement of Off-Axis Three-Mirror Telescope Objective[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(12): 1212004

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