Underwater point source polarized light detection device and heading angle measurement method

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an underwater point source polarized light detection device and a heading angle measurement method, which are applied to the field of polarization navigation technologies. The polarized light detection device includes a base, a rotating detection platform provided on the base, and three sets of polarized light detection modules provided on top of the rotating detection platform. The three sets of polarized light detection modules are of the same structure, each set of detection module consists of a pair of polarization analyzing channels with transmission directions perpendicular to each other, the other two sets of detection modules are positioned such that polarized light detection directions thereof are bilaterally symmetric in the same plane about a zenith polarized light detection direction and that an included angle between each of the polarized light detection directions and the zenith polarized light detection direction does not exceed 5°, and the rotating detection platform is configured to be rotatable for 360° about an axis of the zenith polarized light detection direction. The heading angle measurement method using the detection device has advantages of good adaptability to underwater environments and requiring a reduced number and types of polarization analyzing channels.