Performance uniformity analysis of a wire-grid polarizer in imaging polarimetry

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 5398-5402

  Kim, Donghyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIMETERS; WIRE;

APERTURE RATIO; IMAGING APERATURE; PERFORMANCE UNIFORMITY ANALYSIS; WIRE-GRID POLARIZER (WGP);

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 25444466554     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.005398     Document Type: Article

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