Damage-resistant thin-film plate polarizer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2966, Issue , 1997, Pages 243-249

  Schallenberg, Uwe B ^a   Kaiser, Norbert ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fabry Perot interference filter; Laser induced damage threshold; Thin film polarizer

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFERENCE FILTER; FIELD INTENSITIES; FILTER DESIGNS; MULTILAYER SYSTEMS; NUMBER OF LAYERS; PASS FILTERS; POLARIZATION RATIOS; SINGLE LASERS; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; THIN-FILM POLARIZER; WAVE THICKNESSES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 58149293614     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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