Millimeter-wave achromatic half-wave plate

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 4666-4670

  Hanany, Shaul ^a   Hubmayr, Johannes ^a   Johnson, Bradley R ^b   Matsumura, Tomotake ^a   Oxley, Paul ^a   Thibodeau, Matthew ^a  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIMETERS; SAPPHIRE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ACHROMATIC HALF-WAVE PLATE (AHWP); ASTROPHYSICAL BROADBAND POLARIMETRY; HALF-WAVE PLATE (HWP); MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH BAND;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 23844453857     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004666     Document Type: Article

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