Abstract

Polarimeters, which measure the polarization states of light directly, are essentially desired in many areas of science and technology. In our previous work, we have constructed a polarimeter based on a rotating-metasurface, and the polarization Stokes parameters of the light were measured with the known Mueller elements of the metasurface. Here, we further perform the error analysis of the metasurface polarimeter. The errors in the measured Stokes parameters have been formulated for the errors in Mueller elements of the metasurface. This analysis can be used to evaluate and minimize the errors of the metasurface polarimeter.

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