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Polarization Conserving Light Bending Prisms and Optimized Fresnel Rhombs

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Abstract

The design of prisms utilizing total internal reflection to achieve particular phase retardation is considered. Two prisms are discussed that bend light by 90° without changing its polarization. Optimum design for Fresnel rhombs is considered, and designs for quarter-wave and half-wave are presented. The effect of light beam divergence and prism dispersion is treated.

© 1974 Optical Society of America

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