The Poincaré Sphere - THORLABS IPM5300 Operation Manual

3.2 The Poincaré Sphere
3.2 The Poincaré Sphere
Figure 8 The Poincaré Sphere
The window 'Poincaré Sphere' shows you the actual status of the output polarization
on the sphere and also shows numerically the three stokes vectors s , s and s .
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The red marker represents the actual output polarization.
You can use the left mouse button, click on the sphere and rotate the sphere to a
convenient viewing by moving the mouse.
You can also use the right mouse button to zoom into and out of the sphere by
moving the mouse.
Polarization states on the front side of the sphere are shown in red, on the rear side
in blue.
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