Negligible polarization aberrations of antireflection-coated paraxial optical systems

Mostofa M. K. Howlader; Rasheed M. A. Azzam

doi:10.1117/12.452873

9 January 2002 Negligible polarization aberrations of antireflection-coated paraxial optical systems

Mostofa M. K. Howlader, Rasheed M. A. Azzam

Proceedings Volume 4481, Polarization Analysis and Measurement IV; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452873
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We show that antireflection-coated (ARC) optical systems with numerical apertures < 1 exhibit negligible polarization aberrations of the fourth and sixth order for the retardance and di-attenuation, respectively. Results for ARC high-index optics are presented as examples.

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Mostofa M. K. Howlader and Rasheed M. A. Azzam "Negligible polarization aberrations of antireflection-coated paraxial optical systems", Proc. SPIE 4481, Polarization Analysis and Measurement IV, (9 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452873

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