Linear-to-circular polarization transformation upon optical tunneling through an embedded low-index film

Optics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 3183-3185

  Azzam, R M A ^a   Spinu, Cristina L ^a  

^a UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER (CPBS); INDEX RATIO; POLARIZATION TRANSFORMATION; QUARTER-WAVE RETARDATION;

GERMANIUM; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PRISMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 29444451230     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.30.003183     Document Type: Article

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