Properties of a variable-delay polarization modulator

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-208

  Chuss, David T ^a   Wollack, Edward J ^a   Henry, Ross ^a   Hui, Howard ^e   Juarez, Aaron J ^d   Krejny, Megan ^c   Moseley, S Harvey ^a   Novak, Giles ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; GEOMETRIC SEPARATION; MODULATOR RESPONSE; POLARIZATION MODULATION; POLARIZATION MODULATORS; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; VARIABLE SEPARATION; WIRE GRID POLARIZERS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84855847745     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.000197     Document Type: Article

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