Abstract

A method is presented, well suited to the ultraviolet region, for determining the degree of polarization produced by a polarizer at a given wavelength and for determining the polarization introduced by a grating monochromator. An analysis is made of the degree of polarization required by a polarizer for use in optical studies to determine, for example, the reflectance of a surface for light of parallel or perpendicular polarization. Data are given in the spectral region 500 to 1300 Å for gold and silver reflection-type polarizers and for a grating used in the Seya geometry.

© 1965 Optical Society of America

A Method for Measuring Polarization in the Vacuum Ultraviolet

K. Rabinovitch, L. R. Canfield, and R. P. Madden
Appl. Opt. 4(8) 1005-1010 (1965)

Polarization of Three Vacuum-Ultraviolet Monochromators Measured with a Biotite Polarizer*

Atsuo Matsui and W. C. Walker
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 60(1) 64-65 (1970)

A Triple Reflection Polarizer for Use in the Vacuum Ultraviolet

V. G. Horton, E. T. Arakawa, R. N. Hamm, and M. W. Williams
Appl. Opt. 8(3) 667-670 (1969)

Design criteria for reflection polarizers and analyzers in the vacuum ultraviolet

W. R. Hunter
Appl. Opt. 17(8) 1259-1270 (1978)

Reflectance and Optical Constants of Evaporated Copper and Silver in the Vacuum Ultraviolet from 1000 to 2000 Å*

L. R. Canfield and G. Hass
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(1) 61-64 (1965)