Table 1 Full-Stokes polarimetric imaging techniques
Structure design | Operation mode | Operational wavelength | Efficiency | Error of Stokes parameters (average) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Plasmonic metagrating34 | Reflection, diffraction | 700–1000 nm | <50% | ~10% |
Diffracting integrated plasmonic metasurfaces35 | Reflection, diffraction | 500–700 nm | 36–55% (numerical) | NA |
Graphene-integrated anisotropic metasurfaces36 | Reflection | 6.7–6.8 μm | ~10% | >3.9% (S1), >6.5% (S2), >2.5% (S3) |
SPP excitation by X-shaped aperture array38 | Transmission | 750–1050 nm | <4% | 7.3–12.3% (S1), 7.2–27.4% (S2), 5.2–17.7% (S3) |
Integrated plasmonic polarimeter39 | Absorption | ~ 830 nm | NA | ~45% |
Metasurface in-line polarimeter37 | Scattering | 1500–1565 nm | NA | 6% (S1), 5.8% (S2), 4.7% (S3) |
Spin–orbit interaction of light with scatterers50 | Transmission | 1.5–1.6 μm | NA | 7.4% (S1), 15.6% (S2), 11.4% (S3) |
Dielectric metasurface40 | Transmission, diffraction | 845–855 nm | 60–65% | 7.5–15% |
This proposal: metal-dielectric hybrid (ODLM) | Transmission | 1.4–1.55 μm | ~80% | 1.9% (S1), 2.7% (S2), 7.2% (S3) |