New type of polarizer using a combination effect of birefringence and diffraction

Yansong Chen; Shangqing Liu; Naijuan Wu; Alex Ignatiev

doi:10.1117/12.328549

29 October 1998 New type of polarizer using a combination effect of birefringence and diffraction

Yansong Chen, Shangqing Liu, Naijuan Wu, Alex Ignatiev

Proceedings Volume 3429, Current Developments in Optical Design and Engineering VII; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328549
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A polarizer which works upon the combination effect of birefringence and diffraction has been designed and realized experimentally. According to the design the polarizer may be consisting of a sheet of birefringent material or two birefringence plates, on which surface one dimensional grooves with a sawtooth profile or echelon profile are carved. In experiment, a periodic grooves of a sawtooth profile were fabricated on the surface of calcite plate by mechanical and optical manufacture techniques. This sample polarizer was test for its polarized feature with a non-polarized HeNe laser, and the results show the polarizer is of a good polarized performance.

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Yansong Chen, Shangqing Liu, Naijuan Wu, and Alex Ignatiev "New type of polarizer using a combination effect of birefringence and diffraction", Proc. SPIE 3429, Current Developments in Optical Design and Engineering VII, (29 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328549

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