Polarimetry using liquid crystal variable retarders

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5363, Issue , 2004, Pages 86-97

  Drouillard II, Thomas F ^a   Searcy, Paul A ^a   Davis, Scott R ^a   Uberna, Radoslaw J ^a   Herke, Richard A ^a   Anderson, Michael H ^a   Rommel, Scott D ^a   Anthony, Eric B ^a   Damiao, Valeria B ^a  

^a Meadowlark Optics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Liquid crystal; Mueller; Polarimeter; Polarization; Retarder; Stokes; Waveplate

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELLIPSOMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; SIGNAL SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VECTORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

MUELLER; RETARDER; STOKES; WAVEPLATE;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 3543107807     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.524604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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