The invention relates to a characteristic parameter calibrating
system for a
liquid crystal variable
retarder (LCVR), which comprises a tunable
ion laser, an achromatic wave plate, a
polarizer, an analyzer, an
electric control cabinet, an LCVR driver, an
optical power meter and a computer. When light vertically radiates the
liquid crystal variable
retarder, the drive
voltage of the
liquid crystal variable
retarder is modulated continuously to obtain a corresponding
light intensity curve diagram; the Mueller
matrix expression of the calibrating
system is established by utilizing maximum
light intensity value in the curve diagram and
light intensity value under measured
voltage to obtain the phase
delay expression of the liquid
crystal variable retarder under the measured
voltage; when the light does not vertically radiate the liquid
crystal variable retarder, the angles of the
polarizer and the analyzer are modulated; and a Stokes vector expression is established by utilizing light intensity value detected under different adjusting states to obtain the phase
delay and
fast axis direction expression of the liquid
crystal variable retarder under specific voltage. The invention has the capacity of calibrating the characteristic parameters of the liquid crystal variable retarder. When the light vertically radiates, the
polarizer and the analyzer are not required to be rotated during the calibrating process; and when the light does not vertically radiate, constant incident intensity is ensured during the calibrating process by utilizing the achromatic wave plate, so that the calibration accuracy is improved.