论文期刊

论文标题    Optimal configuration of partial Mueller matrix polarimeter for measuring the ellipsometric parameters in the presence of Poisson shot noise and Gaussian noise
作者    Naicheng Quan, Chunmin Zhang , Tingkui Mu
发表/完成日期    2018-05-30
期刊名称    PHOTONICS AND NANOSTRUCTURES-FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS
期卷    29
相关文章    1-s2.0-S1569441017303656-main.pdf   
论文简介    We address the optimal configuration of a partial Mueller matrix polarimeter used to determine the ellipsometric parameters in the presence of additive Gaussian noise and signal-dependent shot noise. The numerical results show that, for the PSG/PSA consisting of a variable retarder and a fixed polarizer, the detection process immune to these two types of noise can be optimally composed by 121.2◦ retardation with a pair of azimuths ±71.34◦ and a 144.48◦ retardation with a pair of azimuths ±31.56◦ for four Mueller matrix elements measurement. Compared with the existing configurations, the configuration presented in this paper can effectively decrease the measurement variance and thus statistically improve the measurement precision of the ellipsometric parameters.