Properties of partially polarized light remitted from lossless polarizing elements

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  McCall, Martin W ^a   Hodgkinson, Ian ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; TEACHING;

CHIRAL FILMS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; LOSSLESS; NATURAL LIGHT; PARTIALLY POLARIZED LIGHT; POLARIZING ELEMENTS; PROPERTY; REFLECTED LIGHT; SIMPLE++; TRANSMITTED LIGHT;

INCIDENT LIGHT;

EID: 70449374366     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: 13616404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/30/4/S06     Document Type: Review

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