Measurements of submillimeter polarization induced by oblique reflection from aluminum alloy

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 6643-6647

  Renbarger, Tom ^a   Dotson, Jessie L ^a   Novak, Giles ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037507793     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006643     Document Type: Article

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