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Articles | Volume XLII-3
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-1141-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-1141-2018
30 Apr 2018
 | 30 Apr 2018

STITCHING TYPE LARGE APERTURE DEPOLARIZER FOR GAS MONITORING IMAGING SPECTROMETER

X. Liu, M. Li, N. An, T. Zhang, G. Cao, and S. Cheng

Keywords: Polarization, Depolarizer, Muller matrix, Imaging Spectrometer, Stitching, Numerical Analysis

Abstract. To increase the accuracy of radiation measurement for gas monitoring imaging spectrometer, it is necessary to achieve high levels of depolarization of the incoming beam. The preferred method in space instrument is to introduce the depolarizer into the optical system. It is a combination device of birefringence crystal wedges. Limited to the actual diameter of the crystal, the traditional depolarizer cannot be used in the large aperture imaging spectrometer (greater than 100 mm). In this paper, a stitching type depolarizer is presented. The design theory and numerical calculation model for dual babinet depolarizer were built. As required radiometric accuracies of the imaging spectrometer with 250 mm × 46 mm aperture, a stitching type dual babinet depolarizer was design in detail. Based on designing the optimum structural parmeters,the tolerance of wedge angle,refractive index, and central thickness were given. The analysis results show that the maximum residual polarization degree of output light from depolarizer is less than 2 %. The design requirements of polarization sensitivity is satisfied.