Highly efficient broadband conversion of light polarization by composite retarders.
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چکیده
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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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision
دوره 29 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012