Low-loss ultrabroadband 90° optical rotator with collinear input and output beams

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1888-1893

  Appel, Roland K ^a   Dyer, Chris D ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FUSED SILICA; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

POLARIZATION ROTATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0036543320     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.001888     Document Type: Article

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