TY - JOUR
T1 - Polarization change induced by a galvanometric optical scanner
AU - Anzolin, Gabriele
AU - Gardelein, Arnaud
AU - Jofre, Marc
AU - Molina-Terriza, Gabriel
AU - Mitchell, Morgan W.
N1 - This paper was published in 'Journal of the Optical Society of America A : optics and image science' and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: [http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-27-9-1946]. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
PY - 2010/9/1
Y1 - 2010/9/1
N2 - We study the optical properties of a two-axis galvanometric optical scanner constituted by a pair of rotating planar mirrors, focusing our attention on the transformation induced on the polarization state of the input beam. We obtain the matrix that defines the transformation of the propagation direction of the beam and the Jones matrix that defines the transformation of the polarization state. Both matrices are expressed in terms of the rotation angles of two mirrors. Finally, we calculate the parameters of the general rotation in the Poincaré sphere that describes the change in the polarization state for each mutual orientation of the mirrors.
AB - We study the optical properties of a two-axis galvanometric optical scanner constituted by a pair of rotating planar mirrors, focusing our attention on the transformation induced on the polarization state of the input beam. We obtain the matrix that defines the transformation of the propagation direction of the beam and the Jones matrix that defines the transformation of the polarization state. Both matrices are expressed in terms of the rotation angles of two mirrors. Finally, we calculate the parameters of the general rotation in the Poincaré sphere that describes the change in the polarization state for each mutual orientation of the mirrors.
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U2 - 10.1364/JOSAA.27.001946
DO - 10.1364/JOSAA.27.001946
M3 - Article
C2 - 20808401
AN - SCOPUS:77957268674
SN - 1084-7529
VL - 27
SP - 1946
EP - 1952
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
IS - 9
ER -