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Spatial polarization structure of radiation formed by a retroreflector with nonmetallized faces

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A polarization-wave analysis is performed for a retroreflector with nonmetallized faces, which forms a complex pattern of radiation intensity distribution due to different shifts between the strength vector components upon total internal reflection. Using the representation of the polarization-inhomogeneous field in the form of a set of Hermite-Gaussian modes, the problem of a plane wave diffraction on a retroreflector is solved and the spatial polarization structure is calculated in both the near- and far-field zones. It is shown that the considered type of retroreflectors is preferable for application in satellite ranging

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  1. Research Institute of Precision Instrumentation, Moscow, 111250, Russia

    M. A. Sadovnikov

  2. Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University), Moscow, 111250, Russia

    A. L. Sokolov

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Original Russian Text © M.A. Sadovnikov, A.L. Sokolov, 2009, published in Optika i Spektroskopiya, 2009, Vol. 107, No. 2, pp. 213–218.

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Sadovnikov, M.A., Sokolov, A.L. Spatial polarization structure of radiation formed by a retroreflector with nonmetallized faces. Opt. Spectrosc. 107, 201–206 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X09080062

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