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Variable birefringent beam splitter.
- Source :
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Applied optics [Appl Opt] 1981 Mar 15; Vol. 20 (6), pp. 1011-4. - Publication Year :
- 1981
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Abstract
- A sapphire disk is used as a variable birefringent beam splitter for the linearly polarized pump beam in an oscillator-amplifier dye laser system. Rotation of the disk varies the extent of retardation. The induced elliptical polarization results in a variable back surface reflectance between approximately 0.02-0.15 for the green spectral region. Reflectances are measured on two disks with different thicknesses and compared with an approximate model describing the reflectance as a function of angle of rotation of the disk.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1559-128X
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Applied optics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20309250
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.20.001011