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Full-Stokes polarimetric measurements and imaging using a fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detector
Tianjin Univ, Sch Precis Instrument & Optoelect Engn, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China.;Minist Educ, Key Lab Optoelect Informat Sci & Technol, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China..
Tianjin Univ, Sch Precis Instrument & Optoelect Engn, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China.;Minist Educ, Key Lab Optoelect Informat Sci & Technol, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China..
Tianjin Univ, Sch Precis Instrument & Optoelect Engn, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China.;Minist Educ, Key Lab Optoelect Informat Sci & Technol, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China..
Tianjin Univ, Sch Precis Instrument & Optoelect Engn, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China.;Minist Educ, Key Lab Optoelect Informat Sci & Technol, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China..
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2022 (English)In: Optica, E-ISSN 2334-2536, Vol. 9, no 4, p. 346-351Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Measuring the states of polarization (SoP) of light is fundamentally important for applications ranging from communication, sensing, spectroscopy, imaging, to navigation. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are ideal detectors of choice for faint-light detection and measurements, but SNSPDs themselves cannot resolve the SoP of photons. Here, based on a fractal SNSPD, we demonstrate a full-Stokes polarimetric measurement system that can measure arbitrary SoP of faint light. The measured SoPs are in excellent agreement with those of a state-of-the-art commercial polarimeter, but the sensitivity of our system reaches -86.6 dBm, which is 26.6 dB better than that of the commercial counterpart. As a direct application, we further demonstrate remote polarimetric imaging (i.e., polarimetric LiDAR) with a complete set of polarimetric contrast.

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Optica Publishing Group , 2022. Vol. 9, no 4, p. 346-351
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-311918DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.451737ISI: 000786174500003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85128486303OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-311918DiVA, id: diva2:1656462
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Available from: 2022-05-06 Created: 2022-05-06 Last updated: 2022-10-04Bibliographically approved

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