Accuracy enhancement of dual rotating mueller matrix imaging polarimeter by diattenuation and retardance error calibration approach

We present a new calibration method to minimize the errors due to non-ideal retarders of a dual rotating Mueller matrix polarimeter. To increase the accuracy of the dual rotating retarder polarimeter, it is necessary to compensate the errors caused by the inaccuracy of retarders. Although calibration method for retardance already exists, limitations on the accuracy have been obtained by considering only the retardance errors. In the proposed model we added the calibration of diattenuation error of the retarder along with retardance error on the standard model. An enhancement in the accuracy of the system is obtained. The proposed model is described with equations and supporting experimental results are presented.