Abstract

The problem of the diffraction of an arbitrarily polarized plane wave at the exit pupil of a nonideal corner reflector with flat faces is solved in the far-field approximation. The dynamics of the energy distribution in the diffraction patterns are studied as a function of the fabrication errors of the dihedral angles of the reflector and of the polarization of the radiation. The possibility of developing a potentially high-accuracy diffraction method of monitoring the quality of reflectors is discussed.

Far-Field Diffraction Pattern for Corner Reflectors with Complex Reflection Coefficients*

R. F. Chang, D. G. Currie, C. O. Alley, and M. E. Pittman
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61(4) 431-438 (1971)

Far-field diffraction pattern of a nonideal retroreflector for polarized light with an oblique incidence

Zhou Hui, Li Song, Zhang Wenhao, and Chen Yuwei
Appl. Opt. 59(8) 2621-2631 (2020)

Testing corner reflectors by computational diffraction of measured wavefronts

J. Y. D. Pomerleau and J.-C. Anctil
Appl. Opt. 26(11) 2063_1-2065 (1987)

Adjustment on the received optical power of a ground-based optical instrument by a corner cube retroreflector with a curved front-face

Zhou Hui, Li Song, and Yuwei Chen
Appl. Opt. 60(2) 405-412 (2021)

Comparison of Mueller matrices for a corner cube and a flat reflector

J. E. Brandelik, F. X. Jeskie, and V. L. Johnson
Appl. Opt. 20(19) 3288-3289 (1981)