Optical thin films on polarization preserving cube corner retroreflectors

Hakchu Lee

doi:10.1117/12.796659

25 September 2008 Optical thin films on polarization preserving cube corner retroreflectors

Hakchu Lee

Proceedings Volume 7101, Advances in Optical Thin Films III; 710112 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.796659
Event: Optical Systems Design, 2008, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Abstract

Phase controlled optical thin films on solid cube corner retroreflectors have been shown to successfully maintain the polarization state of the incident light. This paper considers the theoretical basis for this effect when only two of the three total internal reflecting faces of the cube corner have coatings with zero phase retardation and when the incident light is monochromatic and S or P polarized. Such polarization preserving retroreflectors are highly useful and are integral components in advanced heterodyne displacement measuring interferometer systems.

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Hakchu Lee "Optical thin films on polarization preserving cube corner retroreflectors", Proc. SPIE 7101, Advances in Optical Thin Films III, 710112 (25 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.796659

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