Pixilated wideband achromatic waveplates fabricated for the mid IR using subwavelength features

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6127, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Boye, R R ^a   Kemme, S A ^a   Wendt, J R ^a   Cruz Cabrera, A A ^a   Vawter, G A ^a   Alford, C R ^b   Carter, T R ^b   Samora, S ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b L and M Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Form birefringence; Infrared; Microstructure devices; Polarization; Quarter wave plate; Subwavelength grating

Indexed keywords

FORM BIREFRINGENCE; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVICES; QUARTER-WAVE PLATES; SUBWAVELENGTH GRATING;

BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ETCHING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLARIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 33646734052     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.646803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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