Device and a method for polarization dependent imaging

A device for polarization dependent imaging, the device comprising:

• a detector comprising a plurality of light sensitive elements, wherein each light sensitive element is configured to generate an electric signal dependent on an intensity of light incident onto the light sensitive element;
• a plurality of light propagating units, wherein each light propagating unit of the plurality of the light propagating units comprises:
• a funnel element having a collecting end and a transmitting end, the funnel element being configured to collect light incident at the collecting end and to propagate the light to the transmitting end, wherein a cross-section of the collecting end is larger than a cross-section of the transmitting end;
• a waveguide having a receiving end and a distributing end, the waveguide being configured to receive the light from the transmitting end at the receiving end and to propagate the light to the distributing end, wherein the waveguide is a multimode waveguide configured to propagate the light through the waveguide in dependence of polarization such that a distribution of the light at different locations of the distributing end is dependent on polarization of the light;
• wherein the funnel element and the waveguide are asymmetrically coupled such that a central axis of the funnel element at the transmitting end is displaced with respect to a central axis of the waveguide at the receiving end;
• and
• wherein, for each light propagating unit, the light propagating unit is arranged with respect to the detector such that the light at the distributing end is incident onto at least two light sensitive elements of the plurality of light sensitive elements.