@article{ramella11,
  author = {Jessica C. Ramella-Roman and Amritha Nayak and Scott A. Prahl},
  title = {A Spectroscopic sensitive polarimeter for biomedical applications},
  journal = {J. of Biomedical Optics},
  pages = {047001},
  volume = {16},
  year = {2011},
  abstract = {We present the design and calibration of a spectroscopic sensitive polarimeter. The polarimeter can measure the full Stokes vector in the wavelength range 550--750\,nm with 1\,nm resolution and consists of a fiber-based spectrophotometer, a white LED light source, two liquid crystal retarders, and one polarizer. Calibration of the system is achieved with a scheme that does not require knowledge of the polarizing elements' orientation or retardation. Six intensity spectra are required to calculate the full spectrum Stokes vector. Error in the polarimeter is less than 5 percent. We report the Stokes vectors for light transmitted through non-scattering polarizing elements as well as a measurement of the depolarizing properties of chicken muscle at several wavelengths.},
}