A simple and effective model for Jones matrix to evaluate the transmission performance of Savart polariscope  

作　　者：吴海英 张淳民 李杰 

机构地区：[1]Non-equilibium Condensed Matter and Quantum Engineering Laboratory,the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education,School of Science,Xi'an Jiaotong University [2]School of Electronic and Information Engineering,Xi'an Jiaotong University

出　　处：《Chinese Physics B》2010年第11期381-388,共8页中国物理B（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40537031);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40875013);the National Defense Basic Scientific Research Project,China (Grant No. A1420080187);the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2006AA12Z152)

摘　　要：Starting from the wave normal tracing treatment in the Savart polariscope that relates the Jones matrix to its transmission performance, this paper establishes a simple and effective model for the Jones matrix at an arbitrary incidence in the spatial domain. Analytical expressions of all the matrix components are determined with the consideration of all the main impact factors. This model needs only a few parameters hence it is convenient to be employed to evaluate the propagation performance of any birefringent optical system. The simulated results obtained with it demonstrate that this model gives a precise representation of the characteristic of light propagation in the Savart polariscope. This would provide useful suggestions for the design, calibration, and performance improvement of any other birefringent polarisation element and optical system.Starting from the wave normal tracing treatment in the Savart polariscope that relates the Jones matrix to its transmission performance, this paper establishes a simple and effective model for the Jones matrix at an arbitrary incidence in the spatial domain. Analytical expressions of all the matrix components are determined with the consideration of all the main impact factors. This model needs only a few parameters hence it is convenient to be employed to evaluate the propagation performance of any birefringent optical system. The simulated results obtained with it demonstrate that this model gives a precise representation of the characteristic of light propagation in the Savart polariscope. This would provide useful suggestions for the design, calibration, and performance improvement of any other birefringent polarisation element and optical system.

关 键 词：wave normal tracing method Jones matrix transmission performance Savart polariscope 

分 类 号：O436[机械工程—光学工程]