Performance optimization and light-beam-deviation analysis of the parallel-slab division-of-amplitude photopolarimeter

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2829-2836

  El Saba, Aed M ^a   Azzam, Rasheed M A ^b   Abushagur, Mustafa A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 0037968212     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002829     Document Type: Article

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