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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume 75, Issue 2, Pages 163-168Publisher
AMER ASSOC PHYSICS TEACHERS AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1119/1.2386162
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The Stokes formulation for representing polarized light is discussed along with the classical measurement method for determining the Stokes polarization parameters. The limitations of this method are noted, and we consider the rotating quarter-waveplate method, which avoids the limitations of the classical method and allows a curve fitting algorithm to be used to determine the Stokes parameters. The quarter-waveplate method is attractive because of its accuracy and simplicity and can be implemented in an undergraduate or graduate optics course with a minimum amount of equipment. (C) 2007 American Association of Physics Teachers.
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