Development of a polarization-modulation spectroscopy system for the temporally resolved measurement of linear polarization in plasma emission

Kenji Yasui; Taiichi Shikama; Takanori Higashi; Masahiro Hasuo

doi:10.1063/1.4965976

Development of a polarization-modulation spectroscopy system for the temporally resolved measurement of linear polarization in plasma emission

Rev Sci Instrum. 2016 Oct;87(10):103507. doi: 10.1063/1.4965976.

Authors

Kenji Yasui¹, Taiichi Shikama¹, Takanori Higashi¹, Masahiro Hasuo¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8540, Japan.

PMID: 27802719
DOI: 10.1063/1.4965976

Abstract

A system to measure linear polarization in the HeI 2¹P-3¹D emission line (667.8 nm) was developed for application to plasma polarization spectroscopy. To verify the system performance, the normalized Stokes parameters were evaluated. A measurement error of less than 1% with a time resolution of 1 ms was achieved for monochromatic light in the state of complete linear polarization.