Affiliation:
1. Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
2. University of Miami
Abstract
The effect of a linear polarizer is conventionally well defined when
viewed along the axis normal to its face. However, even for ideal
linear polarizers, the non-normal viewing geometries attainable with
wide-angle lenses require further considerations. A method to describe
the polarization state of light passed through a linear polarizer and
observed with an equidistant fisheye lens is described.
Funder
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration