Polarizing metal stripe gratings for a micro optical polarimeter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5183, Issue , 2003, Pages 8-15

  Clausnitzer, T ^a   Fuchs, H J ^a   Kley, E B ^a   Tuennermann, A ^a   Zeitner, U ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birefringency; Electron beam lithography; Grating; Polarimeter; Polarization; Polarizer; Spinning machine

Indexed keywords

MICROPOLARIZERS; ONLINE CHARACTERIZATION; STRUCTURED POLARIZERS;

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SPINNING MACHINES; STRIP METAL; THIN FILMS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 2342512911     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.507283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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