A high-resolution micro-circular-polarization-analyzer array for real-time active circular polarization imaging

Xiaojin Zhao*, Amine Bermak, Farid Boussaid, Lishuang Yao, Vladimir G. Chigrinov

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Abstract

In this paper, a high-resolution micro-circularpolarization-analyzer (MCPA) array is presented and characterized. MCPAs for extracting right-handed and left-handed circularly polarized components of incident light are implemented by fabricating polymerizable-liquid-crystal (PLC) microretarders with perpendicular fast axes on top of a 45° laminated linear polarizing film. With sulfonic-dye-1 (SD1) as the PLC photoalignment material, an MCPA feature size as small as 5μm is achieved. In addition, the concept of real-time active circular polarization image sensing and processing with targets illuminated by collimated circularly polarized light is enabled by the MCPA array's on-chip integration with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2009
Pages49-52
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2009 - Beijing, China
Duration: 26 Nov 200928 Nov 2009

Publication series

Name2009 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2009

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period26/11/0928/11/09

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