Polarization characteristics of a wire-grid polarizer in a rotating platform

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1366-1371

  Kim, Donghyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELLIPSOMETRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; POLARIMETERS; ROTATION; WIRE;

EXTINCTION RATIO; ROTATING PLATFORM; TRANSMITTANCE RATIO; WIRE-GRID POALRIZERS (WGP);

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 16444363111     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.001366     Document Type: Article

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