A new, compact, good cost-performance stokes polarimeter
POLSNAP Compact Stokes Polarimeter

Outline

The PolSNAP™ is a new compact Stokes Polarimeter from the polarimetry experts at Hinds Instruments. Data is acquired at the rate of 2000 samples per second for a quick determination of 4 Stokes vectors per second. The optical system, drive electronics and detection electronics are all contained in one convenient package. It easily fi ts into your optical set up so that you can determine the polarization of your light source, do quality control on your lasers or determine the polarization maintaining ability of your fiber optics. This benchtop turnkey system generates all four Stokes parameters and displays them graphically in three different ways. The repeatability is down to 0.06% DOP and precision is to within 1%.