I want to measure the retardance and diattenuation for a set of retarders and polarizer at visible wavelenghts. I would like to know what are the methods and devices to measure those properties.
Uygun Vakhidovich Valiev · 30.62 · National University of Uzbekistan
I believe that you can use the following method for the measuring of phase light shift described by Randall D.D.: "A new photoelectrical method for the calibration of retardation plates", JOSA, V. 44, No 8, P. 600-602 (1954). It is very successful and enough simplest experimental method....
Thank you for your answers. I am trying to realize an alternative method to measure those parameters through the geometric phase. Since the geometric phase depends on the input polarization state, I think is possible to determine the eigenpolarizations and eigenvalues of the sample.