Optical activity crystal depolarizer

HongJie Xu; Jun He; BingKun Qin; Shufen Chen

doi:10.1117/12.401672

3 October 2000 Optical activity crystal depolarizer

HongJie Xu, Jun He, BingKun Qin, Shufen Chen

Proceedings Volume 4220, Advanced Photonic Sensors: Technology and Applications; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.401672
Event: Optics and Optoelectronic Inspection and Control: Techniques, Applications, and Instruments, 2000, Beijing, China

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a novel depolarizer, which is made of optical activity crystal. The equation of the degree of polarization is derived by using transfer matrix. The relationship of the degree of polarization and spectrum shape, thickness of the crystal is discussed. To demonstrate the analysis, we do some experiments using different kinds of crystals of different thickness. The results perfectly coincide with the analysis.

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HongJie Xu, Jun He, BingKun Qin, and Shufen Chen "Optical activity crystal depolarizer", Proc. SPIE 4220, Advanced Photonic Sensors: Technology and Applications, (3 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.401672

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