Birefringence and transmission of an antireflection-coated sulfur-free cadmium selenide Wollaston prism at 30K

Optical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Packham, Christopher ^a   Mason, Rachel E ^b   Boreman, Glenn D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

infrared; polarimeters; polarimetry; polarization; spectroscopy; thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION; CADMIUM SELENIDES; WOLLASTON PRISM;

BIREFRINGENCE; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; PRISMS; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 81055133549     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3050420     Document Type: Article

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