In this work, two Faraday channels and one shadow channel are constructed by two non-polarizing beam splitters and one reflector to measure the Faraday rotation distribution. The intensity of the… Click to show full abstract
In this work, two Faraday channels and one shadow channel are constructed by two non-polarizing beam splitters and one reflector to measure the Faraday rotation distribution. The intensity of the Faraday and shadow images is related to the state of polarization (SOP) of the incident light, thus achieving two-dimensional accurate measurement. The measurement sensitivity is influenced by the settings of two polarization analyzers in the Faraday channels and the parameters of beam splitters, which are explored numerically and verified with experiments. The fluctuation of the probe light is eliminated by using three evaluation indexes. Also, the measurement range and error sources under different experimental settings are discussed.
               
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