Liquid-crystal variable retarders for aerospace polarimetry applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 689-698

  Heredero, R L ^a   Uribe Patarroyo, N ^a   Belenguer, T ^a   Ramos, G ^a   Sanchez A ^a   Reina, M ^a   Martinez Pillet V ^b   Alvarez Herrero A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DEGASSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLARIMETERS; WAVEFRONTS;

AEROSPACE PLATFORMS; LIQUID-CRYSTAL VARIABLE RETARDERS (LCVR); OUTGASSING MEASUREMENTS; WAVEFRONT DISTORTION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 33947161188     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.000689     Document Type: Article

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