Principle and Implementation of Stokes Vector Polarization Imaging Technology
Yong Wang, Yuqing Su, Xiangyu Sun, Xiaorui Hao, Yan Liu, Xiaolong Zhao, Hongsheng Li, Xiushuo Zhang, Jing Xu, Jingjing Tian, Xiaofei Kong, Zhiwei Wang, Jie Yang
Abstract
Compared with traditional imaging methods, polarization imaging has its unique advantages in many directions and has great development prospects. It is one of the hot spots of research and development at home and abroad. Based on the polarization imaging principle of Stokes vector, the realization methods of non-simultaneous polarization imaging and simultaneous polarization imaging are introduced, respectively according to the different polarization modulation methods of Stokes vector acquisition. Non-simultaneous polarization imaging is mainly introduced in two ways: rotary polarization imaging, electrically controlled polarization imaging, and the simultaneous polarization imaging is mainly introduced in three ways: divided amplitude polarization imaging, divided aperture polarization imaging, and divided focal plane polarization imaging. In this paper, the principle and realization of polarization imaging based on Stokes vector are introduced to boost the application of polarization imaging and promote the research and development of polarization imaging technology.