Polarization Vortex Illumination: Predicting and Measuring the Correlation Matrix

Dean P. Brown; Thomas G. Brown

doi:10.1364/FIO.2008.FWV1

Frontiers in Optics 2008/Laser Science XXIV/Plasmonics and Metamaterials/Optical Fabrication and Testing
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008),
paper FWV1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2008.FWV1

Polarization Vortex Illumination: Predicting and Measuring the Correlation Matrix

Dean P. Brown and Thomas G. Brown

Frontiers in Optics 2008

Rochester, New York United States
19–23 October 2008
ISBN: 978-1-55752-861-2

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Abstract

A reversed-wavefront Young interferometer is used for direct measurement of polarization- dependent and spatially dependent correlation matrices. We show critical illumination systems with polarization vortex mode converters in the pupil produce an improvement in image contrast.

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