Optimization of retardance for a complete Stokes polarimeter

Optics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 802-804

  Sabatke, D S ^a   Descour, M R ^a   Dereniak, E L ^a   Sweatt, W C ^b   Kemme, S A ^b   Phipps, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZERS;

ELLIPSOMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0001350850     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.25.000802     Document Type: Article

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