Noninvasive birefringence compensated sensing polarimeter

The present invention relates to a system and method for compensating for the effects of birefringence in a given sample and employs an optical birefringence analyzer to sense the real-time birefringence contributions and then provides a feedback signal to a compound electro-optical system that negates the birefringence contributions found in the given sample. The birefringence contribution vanishes, thus significantly reducing the main error component for polarimetric measurements.
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Abstract/Description: The present invention relates to a system and method for compensating for the effects of birefringence in a given sample and employs an optical birefringence analyzer to sense the real-time birefringence contributions and then provides a feedback signal to a compound electro-optical system that negates the birefringence contributions found in the given sample. The birefringence contribution vanishes, thus significantly reducing the main error component for polarimetric measurements.
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Date Issued: 2007-07-17
Title: Noninvasive birefringence compensated sensing polarimeter.
Name(s): The University of Toledo, assignee
Cameron, Brent D., inventor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: patent
Publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Other Date: Date Filed: 2005-01-12
Date Issued: 2007-07-17
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 26 p.
Abstract/Description: The present invention relates to a system and method for compensating for the effects of birefringence in a given sample and employs an optical birefringence analyzer to sense the real-time birefringence contributions and then provides a feedback signal to a compound electro-optical system that negates the birefringence contributions found in the given sample. The birefringence contribution vanishes, thus significantly reducing the main error component for polarimetric measurements.
Identifier(s): utpatents-US7245952 (IID)
Patent No.: US7245952 (patno)
Appl. No.: 11/034091 (appno)
Subject(s): 600/319
600/310
600/316
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Location: University of Toledo Digital Repository
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