Terahertz wave polarization analyzer using birefringent materials

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 20266-20271

  Zhang, Liangliang ^a,c   Zhong, Hua ^b   Deng, Chao ^a   Zhang, Cunlin ^a   Zhao, Yuejin ^c  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LASERS; POLARIZATION; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

BIREFRINGENT MATERIALS; POLARIZATION ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION ANALYZERS; POLARIZATION ANGLE; POLARIZATION ROTATION; QUARTZ CRYSTAL; TWO-COLOR LASER; WAVE POLARIZATIONS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 70749109189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020266     Document Type: Article

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