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Depolarizing Mueller matrices: how to decompose them? by Ossikovski, R., Anastasiadou, M., Ben Hatit, S., Garcia-Caurel, E., De Martino, A.

“…The various decompositions of depolarizing Mueller matrices into products of basic optical devices, i.e. retarders, diattenuators and depolarizers, are…”
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Increasing signal-to-noise ratio in over-determined Mueller matrices by Philpott, H., Garcia-Caurel, E., Guaitella, O., Sobota, A.

“…This work investigates how the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of an over-determined Mueller matrix can be improved by changing the method of calculation…”
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Bright Singularities: Polarimetric Calibration of Spaceborne PolSAR Systems by Cloude, S. R., Ossikovski, R., Garcia-Caurel, E.

“…In this letter, we present a new algorithm for the polarimetric calibration of spaceborne imaging radar systems. The technique combines two features: first, a…”
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Polarimetric characterization of optically anisotropic flexible substrates by Stchakovsky, M., Caillaud, C., Foldyna, M., Ossikovski, R., Garcia-Caurel, E.

“…Phase Modulated Spectroscopic Ellipsometry as well as Liquid Crystal Mueller Matrix Polarimetry in reflection and in transmission configurations were used to…”
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Monitoring critical dimensions of bidimensional gratings by spectroscopic ellipsometry and Mueller polarimetry by Foldyna, M., De Martino, A., Garcia-Caurel, E., Ossikovski, R., Bertin, F., Hazart, J., Postava, K., Drevillon, B.

“…In this work we characterized two bidimensional gratings consisting each of a square array of square holes etched in a photoresist layer deposited on silicon…”
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Conservation of the piezoelectric response of PVDF films under irradiation by Melilli, G., Lairez, D., Gorse, D., Garcia-Caurel, E., Peinado, A., Cavani, O., Boizot, B., Clochard, M.-C.

“…As opposed to piezo-ceramics (i.e PZT), flexibility and robustness characterize piezoelectric polymers. The main advantage of a piezoelectric polymer, such as…”
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Sum decomposition of Mueller-matrix images and spectra of beetle cuticles by Arwin, H, Magnusson, R, Garcia-Caurel, E, Fallet, C, Järrendahl, K, Foldyna, M, De Martino, A, Ossikovski, R

“…Spectral Mueller matrices measured at multiple angles of incidence as well as Mueller matrix images are recorded on the exoskeletons (cuticles) of the scarab…”
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Retrieval of a non-depolarizing component of experimentally determined depolarizing Mueller matrices by Foldyna, M, Garcia-Caurel, E, Ossikovski, R, De Martino, A, Gil, J J

“…The measurement of the Mueller matrix when the probing beam is placed on the boundary between two (or more) regions of the sample with different optical…”
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Spectroscopic Mueller polarimeter based on liquid crystal devices by Garcia-Caurel, E., De Martino, A., Drévillon, B.

“…A new spectroscopic Mueller matrix polarimeter based on liquid crystal devices is presented. Fast spectroscopic measurements (approx. 1 s) of a complete…”
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Characterization of grating structures by Mueller polarimetry in presence of strong depolarization due to finite spot size by Foldyna, M., De Martino, A., Ossikovski, R., Garcia-Caurel, E., Licitra, C.

“…In this paper, we present an approach based on Mueller polarimetry for dimensional characterization of periodic structures with sample sizes smaller than the…”
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General methods for optimized design and calibration of Mueller polarimeters by De Martino, A., Garcia-Caurel, E., Laude, B., Drévillon, B.

“…A Mueller polarimeter always comprises a polarization state generator (PSG) and a polarization state analyzer (PSA), whose configurations determine the…”
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Workshop on advanced polarimetric instrumentation: API’09 by Garcia-Caurel, E.

“…The First NanoCharM Workshop on Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation was focused on the instrumentation developed to work with polarised light, which is the…”
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Design and characterization of achromatic 132° retarders in CaF2 and fused silica by Stabo-Eeg, F., Kildemo, M., Garcia-Caurel, E., Lindgren, M.

“…Mueller matrix ellipsometers (MMEs) are known to be less affected by noise if the compensators have a 132° phase shift between the slow and fast axis. This…”
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Wide-band reflection nanoporous silicon multilayers with ellipsometric investigation of the material monolayer components by Xifré-Pérez, E., Garcia-Caurel, E., Pallarès, J., Ferré-Borrull, J., Marsal, L.F.

“…Two multilayer structures made of nanoporous silicon layers are designed, fabricated and characterized. The layers that form the structures are characterized…”
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Study of the Optical and Structural Properties of Silicon-Carbon Nanometric Powder Using Infrared Phase Modulated Ellipsometry and Electron Microscopy by Garcia-Caurel, E., Viera, G., Bertran, E., Canillas, A.

“…Hydrogenated amorphous silicon–carbon (a‐SiC : H) nanometric powder was produced in an rf plasma of SiH4 and CH4. Particle size, composition and powder yield…”
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Characterization of photonic structures using visible and infrared polarimetry by Ferré-Borrull, J., Garcia-Caurel, E., Olaizola, S.M., Kral, Z., Pallarès, J., Marsal, L.F.

“…Photonic Crystals are materials with a spatial periodic variation of the refractive index on the wavelength scale. This confers these materials interesting…”
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Polarimetric analysis of a fused sphere as a model for adherent particles by Fernández-Pérez, A., Hyuk Yoo, T. Sang, Fernández-Luna, J.L, Moreno, F., García-Caurel, E., Saiz, J.M.

“…There are many situations of interest that are related to the geometry of soft spherical particles close – and adhering – to a surface. The case of biological…”
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Characterization of vine, Vitis vinifera, leaves by Mueller polarimetric microscopy by Bugami, B. Al, Su, Y., Rodríguez, C., Lizana, A., Campos, J., Durfort, M., Ossikovski, R., Garcia-Caurel, E.

“…•Mueller microscopy is a robust and reliable technique to study vegetal tissues.•Mueller microscopy does not require complex sample preparation.•We studied…”
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Optimized calibration method for Fourier transform infrared phase-modulated ellipsometry by Garcia-Caurel, E., Bertran, E., Canillas, A.

“…A new calibration method for FTIR phase-modulated ellipsometry is presented. This procedure is based on the multiple-harmonic modulation model and takes into…”
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Stability under electron irradiation of some layered hydrated minerals by de Noirfontaine, M.-N., Courtial, M., Alessi, A., Tusseau-Nenez, S., Garcia-Caurel, E., Cavani, O., Cau Dit Coumes, C., Gorse-Pomonti, D.

“…The structural damages caused to some layered hydrated minerals by 2.5 MeV electron irradiation using the SIRIUS platform were studied by powder X-Ray…”
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