Liquid crystal wavelength-independent continuous polarization rotator

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Aharon, Ofir ^a   Abdulhalim, Ibrahim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

optical devices; polarization; polarization controller; spectroscopy; switching

Indexed keywords

NEMATIC LC; POLARIZATION CONTROLLER; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; QUARTER WAVE-PLATE; SPECTRAL RANGE; SPECTROPOLARIMETRY; TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTERS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DEVICES; ROTATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SWITCHING;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 81355164220     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3366545     Document Type: Article

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