Systems and methods for mueller matrix imaging
AssigneePresident and Fellows of Harvard College
InventorsMuhammad Aun Abbas Zaidi, Noah A. Rubin, Federico Capasso
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Abstract
A system can include a polarization state generator. The polarization state generator can illuminate an object with a spatially varying polarization distribution. The system can include a polarization state analyzer. The polarization state analyzer can receive light from the object. The system can include at least one processor. The at least one processor can acquire a plurality of images from the polarization state analyzer in a single measurement in time. The at least one processor can obtain a spatially varying Mueller matrix comprising one or more polarization properties of the object.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a polarization state generator comprising a metasurface and configured to illuminate an object with a spatially varying polarization distribution;
- a polarization state analyzer configured to receive light from the object;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- acquire a plurality of images from the polarization state analyzer in a single measurement in time;
- and
- obtain a spatially varying Mueller matrix comprising one or more polarization properties of the object.
A method, comprising:
- illuminating, by a polarization state generator, an object with a spatially varying polarization distribution;
- receiving, by a polarization state analyzer, light from the object;
- acquiring, by at least one processor, a plurality of images from the polarization state analyzer in a single measurement in time;
- and
- obtaining, by the at least one processor, a spatially varying Mueller matrix comprising one or more polarization properties of the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.