FT-IR based polarimeter with high-quality Brewster-angle polarizers

被引：2

作者：

Kaplan, SG ^{[1
]}

Hanssen, LM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NIST, Opt Technol Div, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA

来源：

OPTICAL DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR INORGANIC TRANSMISSIVE MATERIALS | 1998年 / 3425卷

关键词：

polarizer; polarimetry; infrared; retardance; Mueller matrix;

D O I：

10.1117/12.326668

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

A Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer-based broadband infrared polarimeter has been developed around a pair of high-quality Brewster angle polarizers. These polarizers consist of four Ge plates in a chevron geometry and have been measured to have extinction ratios of less than 10(-5) at four laser wavelengths from 0.63 mu m to 10.6 mu m. The polarimeter has been used to characterize wire-grid polarizers from 1 mu m to 12 mu m, as well as for full Mueller matrix determination from 1 mu m to 5 mu m using a rotating-retarder arrangement with a pair of MgF2 retarders.

引用

页码：239 / 242

页数：4