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Title: Method for using polarization gating to measure a scattering sample

Abstract

Described herein are systems, devices, and methods facilitating optical characterization of scattering samples. A polarized optical beam can be directed to pass through a sample to be tested. The optical beam exiting the sample can then be analyzed to determine its degree of polarization, from which other properties of the sample can be determined. In some cases, an apparatus can include a source of an optical beam, an input polarizer, a sample, an output polarizer, and a photodetector. In some cases, a signal from a photodetector can be processed through attenuation, variable offset, and variable gain.

Inventors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1207242
Patent Number(s):
9,097,647
Application Number:
13/962,826
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Aug 08
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Baba, Justin S. Method for using polarization gating to measure a scattering sample. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Baba, Justin S. Method for using polarization gating to measure a scattering sample. United States.
Baba, Justin S. 2015. "Method for using polarization gating to measure a scattering sample". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1207242.
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