Spectral polarization measurements by use of the grating division-of-amplitude photopolarimeter

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1216-1227

  Krishnan, Shankar ^a,b   Hampton, Scott ^a   Rix, James ^a   Taylor, Brian ^a   Azzam, Rasheed M A ^c  

^a University Place ^*  (United States)

^b KLA Tencor   (United States)

^c UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSOMETRY; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

MULTIPLE BEAM SPLITTING;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0041475720     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.001216     Document Type: Article

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