A brief description of liquid-crystal variable retarders with phase difference controlled by an electrical field is given. An optical circuit for use in determining the Stokes radiation parameters with the use of liquid-crystal variable retarders is proposed. The technique considered here makes it possible to determine the polarization characteristics of radiation by means of stationary analytical optical elements.
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 12, pp. 19–22, December, 2008.
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Snopko, V.N. A technique for the measurement of the stokes parameters with the use of controlled variable retarders. Meas Tech 51, 1284–1289 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-009-9203-9
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