Error analysis and Stokes parameter measurement of rotating quarter-wave plate polarimeter

In this paper, we present a simple Stokes parameter measurement method for a rotating quarter-wave plate polarimeter.This method is used to construct a model to describe the principle of how the magnitudes of errors influence the deviation of the output light Stokes parameter, on the basis of accuracy analysis of the retardance error of the quarter-wave plate,the misalignment of the analyzing polarizer, and the phase shift of the measured signals, which will help us to determine the magnitudes of these errors and then to acquire the correct results of Stokes parameters. The method is validated by the experiments on left-handed circularly polarized and linear horizontal polarization beams. With the improved method, the maximum measurement deviations of Stokes parameters for these two different polarized states are reduced from 2.72%to 2.68%, and from 3.83% to 1.06% respectively. Our results demonstrate that the proposed method can be used as a promising approach to Stokes parameter measurement for a rotating quarter-wave plate polarimeter.     

宽波段太阳辐照度仪光谱定标方法研究

宽波段太阳辐照度仪采用fèry棱镜分光,利用线阵CCD反馈控制光谱扫描,波长覆盖范围为400~2 500nm.为实现该仪器的高准确度光谱定标,在实验室内利用单波长激光器和OPO激光器分别作为光源.通过光谱扫描,得出定标波长与CCD像元的对应关系.根据棱镜参量和光路设计参量推导出全波段内光谱定标方程,实现全波段光谱定标.通过与其他特征波长比较,分析得出光谱定标合成不确定度优于0.5nm.用定标好的仪器进行室外测量,将测量结果与大气辐射传输软件modtran4模拟结果相比对,可得实际测量的大气吸收峰与模拟结果一致.将该方法在红外波长区域定标结果与传统的多项式拟合光谱定标方法对比,显示该定标结果优于传统多项式拟合方法.证明该定标方法的正确性和仪器设计的合理性.