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Highly efficient broadband conversion of light polarization by composite retarders |
JOSA A, Vol. 29, Issue 3, pp. 265-269 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.29.000265
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Abstract
Driving on an analogy with the technique of composite pulses in quantum physics, we propose highly efficient broadband polarization converters composed of sequences of ordinary retarders rotated at specific angles with respect to their fast-polarization axes.
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OCIS Codes
(260.1180) Physical optics : Crystal optics
(260.1440) Physical optics : Birefringence
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: September 30, 2011
Revised Manuscript: November 7, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: November 18, 2011
Published: February 14, 2012
Citation
Svetoslav S. Ivanov, Andon A. Rangelov, Nikolay V. Vitanov, Thorsten Peters, and Thomas Halfmann, "Highly efficient broadband conversion of light polarization by composite retarders," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 29, 265-269 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-29-3-265
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