The polarization properties of a tilted polarizer

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 27032-27042

  Korger, Jan ^a,b   Kolb, Tobias ^a,b   Banzer, Peter ^a,b   Aiello, Andrea ^a,b   Wittmann, Christoffer ^a,b   Marquardt, Christoph ^a,b   Leuchs, Gerd ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION;

EXPERIMENTAL IMPERFECTIONS; GEOMETRIC MODELING; INCIDENT WAVES; LIGHT FIELDS; MUELLER MATRIX; OPTICAL SCIENCE; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84887494317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.027032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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