Jeremy R Ellis

US Patent:

7310144, Dec 18, 2007

Filed:

May 4, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/417800

Inventors:

Aristide Dogariu - Winter Springs FL, US
Jeremy Ellis - Orlando FL, US

Assignee:

University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. - Orlando FL

International Classification:

G01J 4/00

US Classification:

356364

Abstract:

The apparatus, system and method of the present invention provide a three-dimensional polarimeter probe having a coupler for coupling three components of an electromagnetic field that fluctuates in three-dimensions and an emitter for re-emitting a radiation corresponding to said three components. The radiation includes a polarized and an unpolarized component of said electromagnetic field and is used to determine the elements of a field-field correlation martix. In an embodiment, the system includes a detector located a distance from said probe for sensing said re-emitted radiation from said probe and a processor for determining a polarized and an unpolarized component of said electromagnetic field evaluating the polarized component to produce said polarimetry of said three-dimensional optical field.