Laser polarimetry utilizes the orientation of the electric-field vector of light for applications including remote target discrimination according to shape, texture, and permittivity.

Advanced Optical Technologies is currently engaged in theoretical and experimental research in laser polarimetry for several applications. See the publications below or contact us for more information.

Polarization Components Analysis for Invariant Discrimination
originally published in Applied Optics, vol.46, pp.8364-8373, December 1, 2007.

Coherence and Polarization Properties of Far-Fields Generated by Quasihomogeneous Planar Electromagnetic Sources
originally published in Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol.22, pp.2547-2556, November 2005.

Active Detection of Off-Diagonal Mueller Elements of Rough Targets
originally published in Polarization Science and Remote Sensing, Proceedings of the SPIE, vol. 5158, pp. 226-38 (2003).