title: Fiber-optic device for endoscopic polarization imaging.
abstract: Polarization images were obtained using a flexible optical fiber device. The endoscopic technique is based on the real-time compensation of the birefringence of the standard fiber by means of a miniaturized Faraday rotator. Based on a Jones formalism analysis, specific signal processing allows one to extract both the phase retardation and the degree of polarization of the light backscattered by a remote target.
authors.affiliation: Department of Photonics, XLIM, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 6172, Université de Limoges, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France. jerome.desroches@xlim.fr
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Desroches
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pagnoux
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Louradour
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barthélémy